Monthly Archives: January 2016
[a thing i like] Arizona by Dorianne Laux
Originally published by BOAAT Press. I like to think it was published on BOAAT though. Midway through the third stanza, and I try not to do this thing where I punctuate the experience of a poem with my own experiences; it
[a thing i like] Arizona by Dorianne Laux
Originally published by BOAAT Press. I like to think it was published on BOAAT though. Midway through the third stanza, and I try not to do this thing where I punctuate the experience of a poem with my own experiences; it
Making Reading Public
I’m trying to find a place to house all the poems and works that I like. Facebook is one means but Facebook gives me anxiety — it’s the big room filled with all the people you’ve crossed paths with but
Making Reading Public
I’m trying to find a place to house all the poems and works that I like. Facebook is one means but Facebook gives me anxiety — it’s the big room filled with all the people you’ve crossed paths with but
A Collective Action: Read our poetry!
“Be of your time.” My friend, Sarah Daniele, a fellow writer and former classmate, would say this to me, announce it to the class, I imagine even mutter it to herself gracefully in her mid-sleep. It’s a difficult thing to grasp
A Collective Action: Read our poetry!
“Be of your time.” My friend, Sarah Daniele, a fellow writer and former classmate, would say this to me, announce it to the class, I imagine even mutter it to herself gracefully in her mid-sleep. It’s a difficult thing to grasp
Angelou and Basquiat and My Future (Fearless) Babies
Growing up in an immigrant household, I was taught, directly and indirectly, to be afraid of America. Don’t go to the movies — you’ll get raped. Don’t go further than the end of the block — you’ll get kidnapped. Don’t go to
Angelou and Basquiat and My Future (Fearless) Babies
Growing up in an immigrant household, I was taught, directly and indirectly, to be afraid of America. Don’t go to the movies — you’ll get raped. Don’t go further than the end of the block — you’ll get kidnapped. Don’t go to
The Belated: Oscar Grant and Mahmoud Darwish
I added Fruitvale Station to My List on Netflix as soon as it was made available earlier this year. Today, as I sat in my apartment, making soup, reflecting on 2015, feeling some kind of strange newness in the room
The Belated: Oscar Grant and Mahmoud Darwish
I added Fruitvale Station to My List on Netflix as soon as it was made available earlier this year. Today, as I sat in my apartment, making soup, reflecting on 2015, feeling some kind of strange newness in the room
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