“cops & landlords know / where to buy. but the past is // what you make of it & the future, / the future does not need // to echo […]
Does Your Book Have Buildings and Trees?
“and the days rummaging his eyes / and the nights flickering through a slit / of narrow bars. hips. thighs.” – from ‘does Your House have Lions?’ by Sonia Sanchez […]
Friday Links: Good Books About Rough Stuff Edition
“Be literal. Be devoured by light.” – John Allen Taylor, “History of My Godlessness” This poetry week, I am thinking about the power of literature to give voice to the […]
Movies That Feel Like Poetry Collections: ‘NOPE’
“Five stars, Angel, five stars.” – Em, ‘NOPE’ It’s often easy, when reading a book, to imagine a movie or TV adaptation. “Lakeith David should definitely be the lead here,” […]