09.072018September 6, 2019
Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 2 – 최 Lindsay

Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 2 – 최 Lindsay

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What have you been reading, watching, or listening to lately? What new or emerging writer do you want the world to know about? Who would...

23.042018September 10, 2019
On Conclusion and Findings: A Conversation Between Yanyi and Catalina Ouyang

On Conclusion and Findings: A Conversation Between Yanyi and Catalina Ouyang

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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...

25.012018September 10, 2019
The White Fists of Old Letters: On Being Plathian

The White Fists of Old Letters: On Being Plathian

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I. October 5, 2017 It’s hard to say when my work was first called Plathian. It certainly could have been during a senior year college...

07.122017September 10, 2019
Why I Can’t Have Coffee with You: Saying No to the Patriarchy

Why I Can’t Have Coffee with You: Saying No to the Patriarchy

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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....

29.092017September 10, 2019
The Authored Self

The Authored Self

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Writing, for me, means freedom. Which is to say, everything prior to discovering writing was entrapment. You cannot desire freedom, you cannot be gripped by...

07.092017November 12, 2019
Report from the Field: “It’s okay, it’s art, keep going.”

Report from the Field: “It’s okay, it’s art, keep going.”

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This Report from the Field is a republication of Kolleen Carney’s personal blog post at https://kolleencarney.com/2017/08/24/82317-pt-2/amp/ regarding the developing controversy regarding a member of the...

29.062017September 10, 2019
Body of a Poem: Transition as Act of Consent//Writing as Act of Consent//Ghosts as Act of Consent

Body of a Poem: Transition as Act of Consent//Writing as Act of Consent//Ghosts as Act of Consent

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I. When I began thinking about hormonal transition—long after I had articulated a gender of in-betweenness to myself—it was in the middle of a long...

08.062017September 10, 2019
The Sword

The Sword

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Vera Black walks the line as she empties her email, but in a death march kind of way. She finds herself rummaging through routine rejection...

02.102016September 6, 2019
Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Joanna C Valente

Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Joanna C Valente

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What do you have to say to those who would suggest your writing is too intense or upsetting? Life is upsetting and intense, so why...

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