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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: ANNE SEXTON
THE TRUTH THE DEAD KNOW by Anne Sexton For my Mother, born March 1902, died March 1959 and my Father, born February 1900, died June 1959 Gone, I say and walk from church, refusing the stiff procession to the grave, … Continue reading
FRIDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: TOM RAWORTH
THE MOON UPOON THE WATERS by TOM RAWORTH the green of days : the chimneys alone : the green of days and the women the whistle : the green of days and the women the whistle of me entering … Continue reading
Andreas Economakis
Shotgun by Andreas Economakis 11:53 pm. He’s sitting alone in the living room, alone with his two dogs. His mother is at a cocktail party down the road. Connecticut, the edge of suburbia, where manicured lawns meet the forest, the … Continue reading
USELESS BUT VALUABLE
USELESS BUT VALUABLE by John Dunn It began with an email from an old friend, now living in Sweden. He is in his later 60’s and reported that one of his kidneys had quit working and the other was down … Continue reading
SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: EMILY DICKINSON
THE DANDELION’S PALLID TUBE by Emily Dickinson The Dandelion’s pallid tube Astonishes the Grass, And Winter instantly becomes An infinite Alas — The tube uplifts a signal Bud And then a shouting Flower, — The Proclamation of the Suns That … Continue reading
FRIDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: Jordan Reynolds
Little Elegy (26) by Jordan Reynolds Dear Brother, Not to scare you, but the telephone wires have arrived on the back of a goddess. See, the hands of Aphrodite are not the color of chipped marble, but they’re close. The … Continue reading
The Coming Crisis of Western Food: Critical Theory, Social Problems, and Food
By Liam Hysjulien Credit: Bill Sanders http://www.wku.edu/library/onlinexh/sanders/pages/imagery/hunger_us.html The sociologist Pierre Bourdieu once wrote, “[a]‘social problem’ (juvenile delinquency, drugs, AIDS)…constituted as such by the fact that it is hotly disputed and fought over, passes lock, stock and barrel into science” (Bourdieu … Continue reading
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OPEN LETTER TO BILL GATES ABOUT EDUCATION
(from a public schools parent) by Sue Peters Dear Bill, I am a public schools parent in your own general neighborhood (Seattle). I realize you have an interest in public education, and are a major participant and funder in the … Continue reading
Andreas Economakis
That Whirring Noise by Andreas Economakis “I’m trying to figure out where that high-pitched noise is coming from,” I say in Greek, tired eyes scanning over her shoulders. “What noise?” she asks, innocently. Her eyes circle over my head, like … Continue reading
Duopoly Must Go: An Appeal for Score Voting
by Andrew Jennings, Clay Shentrup, Warren D. Smith Progressive thinkers on all sides of the political spectrum often wonder why the United States seems incapable of escaping a two-party political system. Is it a result of an extreme demographic situation, … Continue reading