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July 3, 2021 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Franz Kafka on Life, Death, Writing, Books, and More.

Happy birthday, Franz Kafka! Here are some quotes from the writer: “I usually solve problems by letting them…

July 3, 2021July 3, 2021 - Featured, Poetry, Reading, Writing

Four Poems, by Elaine Equi

Emotions: A Boxed Set Heebie-Jeebies It’s the kind of tail-in-socket anxiety that plugs directly into the body— manifesting in…

June 30, 2021 - Archives, Birthday, Fiction, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Fish Story, Hoodie Howl, by John Domini

Happy birthday, John Domini! Celebrate by reading this Domini fiction we published in 2019! Watch Domini reading it, with Lettie…

June 29, 2021 - Featured, Interview, Reading, Writing

“Crone’s rule…Old’s cool.” Middle-Aged Narrators and Their Treacherous Texts

Elisabeth Sheffield and Christina Milletti in Conversation “There are so many ways in which there is no crime.”—Gertrude Stein…

June 26, 2021June 28, 2021 - Books, Reading, Review, Writing

Hacking the Spectacle: A Review of Tony Trigilio’s Proof Something Happened and Jack Skelley’s Dennis Wilson and Charlie Manson

By Jerome Sala In the 1960s, Guy Debord offered a now iconic description of contemporary society as “an immense…

June 22, 2021 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Octavia E. Butler on Habit, Freedom, Writing, and More.

Happy birthday, Octavia E. Butler! Here are some quotes from her writing. “There’s nothing new under the sun, but…

June 21, 2021 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Anne Carson on Language, Beauty, Words, Love, and More.

Happy birthday, Anne Carson! 71, today! Here are some quotes from her writing: “Language is what eases the…

June 19, 2021 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Salman Rushdie on Language, Literature, Freedom of Expression, and More.

Happy birthday, Salman Rushdie! 74, today! Here are some quotes from his books and interviews: “Go for broke. Always…

June 18, 2021 - Archives, Birthday, Poetry, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Four Poems, by Edwin Torres

Happy birthday, Edwin Torres! Celebrate by reading these four poems we published last year! Also, read the five Torres poems…

June 17, 2021 - Books, Reading, Review, Small Presses, Writing

(Eco)consciousness and the Work of Poetry: A Review of Poetics for the More-than-Human World: An Anthology of Poetry and Commentary

By Aaron M. Moe In this age of the Anthropocene, we are bombarded, every day, by new knowledge pointing…