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September 20, 2019April 17, 2020 - Poetry, Reading, Writing

From “Disorientations,” by Michael Leong

  My teacher said nothing is never not entangled in emptiness. Even the perpetual “bullet-like” trajectories of the sacred. Or…

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November 16, 2017January 31, 2019 - Art, News, Nonfiction, Poetry, Uncategorized, Writing

Barzakh

The literary magazine Barzakh has a newly designed website and has just opened a new reading period. Submit fiction, poetry, non-fiction,…

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July 16, 2017July 16, 2017 - Uncategorized

Fence Digital Launch: Sunday, July 16, 2017, 8:00pm – 10:00pm / Ör, 35 South 3rd Street, Hudson, NY

Fence Books will be launching a new imprint Fence Digital tonight in Hudson, NY. This Sunday at 8 p.m. at…

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November 25, 2016 - Uncategorized

Barzakh: Call for Submissions

I’m the faculty adviser for the online magazine Barzakh, which recently announced a new call for submissions for their upcoming…

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July 5, 2016 - Uncategorized

Some Anagrams for Abbas Kiarostami (1940-2016)

I’ve been thinking of master film-maker Abbas Kiarostami. Here are some anagrams–with adjusted punctuation–of the titles of some of my…

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May 2, 2016 - Uncategorized

Vanessa Place’s “It’s Kind of Fucked Up” (2015)

What do we make of Vanessa Place’s curious presence in the special dossier “On Race and Innovation” that Dawn Lundy…

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December 21, 2015 - Uncategorized

Barzakh: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!

The editorial staff at Barzakh is happy to announce that submissions for Issue 8 are now open! As a multigenre,…

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December 3, 2015 - Uncategorized

Why bpNichol Still Matters

Last month, the New York Times ran an interesting piece by Alexandra Alter with the heavily alliterative and assonantal title…

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October 18, 2015February 3, 2019 - Books, Poetry, Reading, Uncategorized, Writing

On Names

I go down the 58,022 names, half-expecting to find my own in letters like smoke. –from “Facing It,” Yusef Komunyakaa…

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September 13, 2015 - Uncategorized

Trees Are Alphabets

Below is information about a fantastic-sounding exhibition that will open on the 26th at The Bronx Museum of the Arts.…

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