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Monthly Archives: August 2015
SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: CONFLUENCE
From CONFLUENCE By Sandra Marchetti: THE RETURN “figurations of mist at the turn of the corner, figurations of time at the bend in this pause,” ~ Octavio Paz, trans. Eliot Weinberger Beyond the body itself is the thin blue line, … Continue reading
SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: JAIMIE GUSMAN
By Jaimie Gusman: BABY The baby carriage on top of the roof is too much. The husband says to his wife, it has to end here. Years before they were in love, the kind of love that was quiet but … Continue reading
Posted in Jaimie Gusman, Saturday Poetry, Saturday Poetry Series
Tagged Advocacy Poetry, American Gothic Poetry, American Poetry, contemporary poetry, Feminist Poetry, moves in contemporary poetry, Persona Poetry, Poetry, Poetry of Loss, poetry review, poetry reviews, Political Poetry, resistance poetry
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IN PLACES FAR NICER: On Being Adjunct Faculty at a Liberal Arts University
IN PLACES FAR NICER: On Being Adjunct Faculty at a Liberal Arts University By John Carr Walker 1. 5:00 AM I pull back the bedroom curtain to see if it’s snowing. An orange slash from the streetlight cuts across my … Continue reading
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Tagged Adjuncting, Colleges, Higher Education, Tenure, Universities
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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: PATRICK PHILLIPS
HEAVEN By Patrick Phillips It will be the past and we’ll live there together. Not as it was to live but as it is remembered. It will be the past. We’ll all go back together. Everyone we ever loved, and … Continue reading
Five Thoughts on Cecil the Lion—Or: How the Internet Really Botched This One
Five Thoughts on Cecil the Lion—Or: How the Internet Really Botched This One by Okla Elliott I had initially decided to ignore all of the Cecil the Lion outrage and counter-outrage, thinking it one more oddity of the internet, but … Continue reading
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Tagged #BlackLivesMatter, Cecil the Lion, ethics, Internet Blackout
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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: MONOZYGOTIC | CODEPENDENT
From MONOZYGOTIC | CODEPENDENT By Stephanie Bryant Anderson: LONELINESS CAME INSIDE MY HOME, UNPACKED ITS THINGS I sat on the floor in a blue room choking on emotions, confessing sadness to the cake falling down my throat, wondering how I … Continue reading
Posted in Saturday Poetry, Saturday Poetry Series, Stephanie Bryant Anderson
Tagged Advocacy Poetry, American Gothic Poetry, American Poetry, book-length poetry, Confessional Poetry, contemporary poetry, Love Poetry, moves in contemporary poetry, Narrative Poetry, nostalgic poetry, Poetry, Poetry of Loss, poetry review, poetry reviews, poets, resistance poetry
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The As It Ought to Be Archive 