“sea & salty salt mingling / on my lips oh the sting / is so good when you / love the air that sends it” – Summer Farah, “POEM FOR […]
Mid-Week BookRec: ‘My Ardent Love For The Pencil’ by Vi Khi Nao
“Wake up, Dreams! Let me give you a bath!” – Vi Khi Nao, ‘My Ardent Love For The Pencil’ There isn’t a ton of method to selecting what books I […]
11 Slim Books by AAPI Authors That Contain More Than Their Page Count Would Suggest
“Some days I wear rubber gloves / Preparing food for a church potluck / And looking down at my hands in gloves / I think why do men murder” – […]
Albums I Should Have Listened To Already: ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ by The Beatles
“ooooh it’s been a hard day’s night” – The Beatles Welcome back to “Albums I Should Have Listened To Already.” Today, we’re reaching a little deeper back into history. That’s […]
11 Poems If You Wanna Read Some Poems (With Links)
“A glass of papaya juice / and back to work. My heart is in my / pocket, it is Poems by Pierre Reverdy.” – Frank O’Hara, “A Step Away From Them” I […]
Clip Show Quarterly I
“Protest songs? They can express what folks are already feeling…but they’re maybe not the best way of changing people’s minds…Maybe, I was thinking, songs and music should instead present an […]
Poetry For The People
“The writer’s role is to menace the public’s conscience. He must have a position, a point of view. He must see the arts as a vehicle of social criticism and […]
7 Poetic (Auto)Biographies You Should Read
“In the beginning, no one was around.” – Zachary Schomburg, “1977” Before we start, I gotta come clean: even though this is a genre I really really like, I’m not […]
Albums I Should Have Listened To Already: ‘Sistahs’ by Big Joanie
“Don’t tell me to wait” – Big Joanie, “New Year” It’s time for another “Albums I Should Have Listened To Already!” This one is exciting. We’re getting into contemporary punk! […]
Riffs On Writing With Gwendolyn Brooks
“I write my poems on scraps of paper because I want to carry them in my address book. I’m likely to read them at a moment’s notice.” – Gwendolyn Brooks, […]