Catalina Ouyang‘s ongoing project Conclusion and Findings (working title) is a participatory event that takes various material forms. The artist invites writers to create poetic...
Archive for tag: academia

Report from the Field: Poets on Strike, Irish Women Poets and the Canon
This Report from the Field includes a republication of Fired! Irish Women Poets and the Canon’s pledge in response to the ongoing conversation surrounding gender...

Why I Can’t Have Coffee with You: Saying No to the Patriarchy
Faculty Meeting This summer at a faculty meeting, I joked with a colleague. I’ve learned how to do this as a woman in the patriarchy....

Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 2 – Chen Chen
Who would you have nominated for this anthology? Is there a poem you have in mind that you could link to? Keegan Lester‘s “to the tin...

A Dossier of Red Flags: Literary Encounters with (White, Straight, Cis) Men
I was eleven years old the first time I submitted my writing for literary consideration: a state-wide short fiction contest open to all middle and...

Failing at Subjects: The Poetics of the Living Idea
I am not not an academic; and I am not not a failure. These double negatives vibrate for me, which is a way of saying...

Compassionate Curating: On the (Literal) Cost of a Seat at the Table
Let’s begin with the obvious, the unspoken: making books costs money. More to the point, making books costs someone’s money. And, even more to the...

Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Eduardo Martinez-Leyva
What’s the earliest experience, or a stand-out experience, you can remember that made you realize that you can be yourself, write as yourself, and write...

Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Tanaya Winder
How do you practice self-care when writing about difficult subject matter? I breathe. I run outside along the creek with foot to pavement, on dirt,...

Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Carmen Giménez Smith
What do you have to say to those who would suggest your writing is too intense or upsetting? Take it slow. Take a break. Take...
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