“The Poet and The Line” Workshop Recording is Now Available
The recording of my virtual workshop on the poetic line is now available. … Read More “The Poet and The Line” Workshop Recording is Now Available
Category: Links I Like
What, Oh What to Read and Write in 2019
Okay, so we’re almost two months into 2019. What’s been going on in the world of this blog? 2019: What’s happening? Savoring new publications written by friends If you like fairy tales, philosophy, and the fantastic, Jonathan Duckworth’s chapbook Book of Never is well worth your time. Copies of other friends’ books are on their way: Chloe… Read More What, Oh What to Read and Write in 2019
Links I Like: August 2018 Edition
I’ve been having conversations recently about voice and audience, social media and readership, work and attention. As writers, how do we find good homes for our writing? Is a platform “better” if there are more readers? Is it wrong to want additional readers? What about the moral issues we have with social media? We’re “supposed… Read More Links I Like: August 2018 Edition
Poets & Activists & the Social Media Backdrop
One morning earlier this week, I woke up early, had time to snooze, and thus ended up lying in bed typing a weirdo pseudo-mini-essay Facebook post on my phone about dead raccoons, the perils of Miami traffic, performance art, and my ambivalence toward social media. Every time I post something on Facebook, I get an… Read More Poets & Activists & the Social Media Backdrop
Links & Politics: July 2018 Edition, Part 2
I’m thinking about beginning to frame these Links & Politics posts to focus on the ways that people are using language in the service of social justice. I have also started making a running list of the resistance anthologies that have been published since the November 2016 election. There will be a blog post to… Read More Links & Politics: July 2018 Edition, Part 2
Links & Politics: July 2018 Edition
Well, many of us are waiting for tomorrow with…bated breath?…to hear 45’s new Supreme Court nominee. It sound like it’s going to be a decision between bad, terrible, and horrifying. You may have seen Ms. Magazine‘s newly-revived “Daring to Remember” series to which people are submitting their stories of what it was like to have… Read More Links & Politics: July 2018 Edition
Links & Politics: June 2018 edition
Thanks to the work of many committed activists, this administration has supposedly ended the policy of separating children from their parents as they search for safety. It has been difficult even to read about five year old children locked in cages without toys or books, older kids who learned in jail how to change younger… Read More Links & Politics: June 2018 edition
What to Read During Pride Month
For Pride Month, I thought I’d make a list of some queer authors whose work I’ve enjoyed lately. I could go on and on with this list, but I’ve tried to focus on authors whose work may not be as widely known as it should be, or who may not usually make it onto lists… Read More What to Read During Pride Month
Poetry Links: May Roundup
I have a break from grad school this summer, and I’ve been trying to take advantage of the opportunity to read whatever I want. I’ve also taken a quasi-break from social media, or at least significantly scaled down my use of it. That being said, there are a bunch of links that I want to… Read More Poetry Links: May Roundup
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