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Monthly Archives: April 2015
High School Poetry Series: Gender, Identity, & Race — Johnny Ward
A note from Series Editor Sarah Marcus: Born from a powerful in-class discussion that we had about gender, race, and the role of masculinity in rape culture, “Be A Man/Be A Woman” poems are an analysis of gendered personal experience … Continue reading
Posted in High School Poetry Series, Race, Sarah Marcus
Tagged feminism, gender, high school poetry series, Identity, Johnny Ward, Justice, Poetry, race, resistance literature, Teaching, Urban Education
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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: RAFAEL ALBERTI
By Rafael Alberti Translated by A.S. Kline: WHAT I LEFT, FOR YOU For you I left my woods, my lost Grove, my sleepless dogs, My important years, those banished Almost to my life’s winter. I left a tremor, a shock … Continue reading
High School Poetry Series: Gender, Identity, & Race — DeJuan Brooks
A note from Series Editor Sarah Marcus: Born from a powerful in-class discussion that we had about gender, race, and the role of masculinity in rape culture, “Be A Man/Be A Woman” poems are an analysis of gendered personal experience … Continue reading
Posted in High School Poetry Series, Race, Sarah Marcus
Tagged feminism, gender, High School, Identity, Poetry, race, Urban Education
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A Rereading of the “Most demanding 1st birthday invite ever”
A Rereading of the “Most demanding 1st birthday invite ever” by Anoosh Jorjorian This letter has been making the rounds on social media as fodder for mockery: I have an alternate reading: Dear family, We know we should be grateful … Continue reading
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Tagged Anoosh Jorjorian, commentary, culture, demanding parents, first birthday, kids, letter, parent shaming, parenting, rereading, STFU, STFU Parents
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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: EARTH VOICES FOR SPRING
EARTH VOICES By Bliss Carman I I heard the spring wind whisper Above the brushwood fire, “The world is made forever Of transport and desire. “I am the breath of being, The primal urge of things; I am the whirl … Continue reading
The Lessons of Mayor Adams
[Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from the literary sci-fi novel The Doors You Mark Are Your Own, co-written by As It Ought to Be managing editor Okla Elliott and site contributor Raul Clement, available at Amazon.com, B&N.com, and … Continue reading
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Eat it, xoJane. I’m a Stay-at-Home-Mom and I Have a Job to Do
Eat it, xoJane. I’m a Stay-at-Home-Mom and I Have a Job to Do By Jenny Kanevsky You’ve heard the expression “Parenthood: the toughest job you’ll ever love.” No? So you don’t think being a parent is a job and more … Continue reading →