Tag: creative writing
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poetry feature: Lisa Summe
This week I’m excited to share two poems from Lisa Summe’s upcoming collection, Say It Hurts (YesYes Books). This collection is due out on January 15th and is currently available for pre-order. Here’s a brief description of the forthcoming collection: Say It Hurts grapples with queerness, love, grief, masculinity, coming of age, and coming out in […]
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virtual reading this thursday :)
Just a quick post to announce a virtual poetry reading I’m doing this Thursday with poet Megan Alpert! Here are the deets: Virtual Event: Megan Alpert and José Angel Araguzpresenting An Empty Pot’s Darkness and The Animal at Your Side Harvard Book Store’s virtual event series welcomes poets MEGAN ALPERT and JOSÉ ANGEL ARAGUZ for […]
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ending & starting: shiki masaoka
I’m writing this not feeling great on the last day of the year to be posted on the first day of the year. Feels like I should have something grand to say but I don’t. 2020 had me heart-sick for most of it. Here’s to 2021, may you deserve us. Enjoy some life sketches by […]
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surviving & Ikkyū
This week I’m sharing a set of 5 poems by Japanese Zen Buddhist monk and poet, Ikkyū. I am unable to attribute a translator to these as they have come to this post in a haphazard way. Let me explain. I wrote these poems down while at work one day back in 2011. More specifically, […]
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art, space, poetry
Last week I spoke of being panicked. This week’s P-word: pummeled. It’s how I’m feeling at least, typing this out this Friday morning. The word describes the world as well, no? With government officials seriously delaying aid for people while corporations get tax breaks, billionaires billion on, and so many people suffer from the pandemic, […]
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panicked pero pushing
Posting a little later than I’d like this Friday due to staying up late panicked and overworked–which has been technically the norm, ha. While I feel awfully self-conscious just saying it aloud (even here) I thought I’d just say it because we can’t just share the good stuff in life, as doing so wouldn’t be […]
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in memory: Miguel Algarín
I’d like to dedicate this week’s post to the memory of Miguel Algarín, Puerto Rican poet, writer, and co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Café who died earlier this week. Algarín was the embodiment of being a poetic presence on and off the page. His poetry set precedents by holding space for political struggles and literary […]
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some quick thoughts
Thoughts for the week include: Helpful to have found this spread at leftnortheast to add further info on the *ahem* holiday celebrated this week. It’s a weird holiday and you know it. Sorta related: this article about the toll the pandemic is having on close relationships, friendships, family-ships, etc. Read it aloud to Ani over […]
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unsilencing in these times, ha
Let me start off with a half-quandary / half-aphorism: Post-election isn’t exactly post yet–what’s that s’post to mean? I’m still nervous. Alright, now that I got that out of my system, here are some thoughts from this past week: I caught myself sharing with my students in passing that life’s been sad and busy mostly […]
The Friday Influence 