31.082017September 10, 2019
Guarding the Self: Some Notes from the Commute

Guarding the Self: Some Notes from the Commute

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The importance of protecting the inner life against the stresses and assaults of ordinary life seems to be on everyone’s minds lately. Vox Populi published...

27.082017September 6, 2019
Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 2 — Henry Wei Leung

Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 2 — Henry Wei Leung

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Do you think literature can influence social change, or reflect it? Or both? Are there any past or contemporary social movements that have affected your...

08.082017September 6, 2019
Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 2 — Candace Williams

Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 2 — Candace Williams

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How do you feel about recent conversations about “literary success,” prize culture, personal brands, and the idea of “poetry business?” What are the best ways...

17.022017September 10, 2019
Report from the Field: The Silence of a Siren

Report from the Field: The Silence of a Siren

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At 8am I have students hunched over their copies of The Aeneid with questions from the night before, clarifications rising like exhalations of vapor in...

20.092016September 6, 2019
Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — B.B.P. Hosmillo

Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — B.B.P. Hosmillo

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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...

22.062015September 10, 2019
ROUNDTABLE: POLICING THE OTHER IN THE LITERARY WORLD

ROUNDTABLE: POLICING THE OTHER IN THE LITERARY WORLD

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This conversation, moderated by Hoa Nguyen, took place on March 29, 2015. Hoa sent out a preliminary list of questions meant to spark the conversation,...

24.042015September 10, 2019
Report from the Field– Speak Test: The Silencing of the Racialized Body

Report from the Field– Speak Test: The Silencing of the Racialized Body

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In my third year as an MFA student, I received an email from my English department requesting that I schedule and pass a Spoken English...

15.032015September 10, 2019
Report from the Field: I Don’t Know How She Does It

Report from the Field: I Don’t Know How She Does It

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I can’t remember the first time I heard the phrase in reference to myself: I don’t know how she does it. Perhaps it was when...

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