Lie Like Them: Writing the Unbelievable Parent Who is telling the truth? I wrote this note for myself in the margin of one of my...
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Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 2 — Sarah Maria Medina
What have you been reading, watching, or listening to lately? Who would you love to collaborate with? I’ve been listening to Alkem’s Elemento. It came...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 2 — Destiny O. Birdsong
We’re living in a police/surveillance state. How has this affected your approach toward poetry, art, persona, and personal presence? As a person of color, my...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Rachel Eliza Griffiths
What have you been reading, watching, or listening to lately? What new or emerging writer do you want the world to know about? I’m rereading...
Report from the Field: This Voice of Mine
Eleven years ago I sat at a table in a writing studio in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan, rented by a professor I’ll call Mr. D, and...
Other Writers’ Mothers: Some Reflections on Representing Family
I wish I could get my mother to understand the poetic logic of my storytelling -Ruth Behar That wasn’t nice -Ruth Behar’s mother Not long ago, I...
Rolling Stone and the Backlash Against Advocacy Journalism
It’s the tenor of the media punching show that got to me. I’m saddened that a story about sexual assault went awry—of course I am....