Tag: politics
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writer feature: Shirani Rajapakse
For this feature, we have two poems and short essay by poet Shirani Rajapakse. The poems are from her recent collection, Chant of a Million Women, and her essay goes into the themes of the collection and the role these two poems play. I am honored to provide a forum for the discussion and interrogation […]
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watching with joe wilkins
One of the things poetry is able to do is help reflect the minor shifts in life after something major happens. After the election this past November, for example, I joined many others in shifting the things we paid attention to. Whether it was checking the news more regularly or vetting clear, accurate news sources, […]
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* new poem at Terrain!
Just a quick post to announce that my poem “American Studies” has just been published at Terrain: A Journal of the Built + Natural Environments (link includes audio)! This poem is part of Terrain.org’s “Letter to America” Series which “presents urgent, powerful, and beautiful post-election responses from writers, artists, scientists, and thinkers across the United States.” This series so […]
The Friday Influence 