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Solmaz Sharif
“When it comes to the language of the powerful, I have zero qualms in reclaiming maimed language. My goal…
September 22, 2016-
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ArchiveTyehimba Jess
“I believe I have the ownership to write about anything that I want. However, I also have the obligation…
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ArchivePhillip B. Williams
“…witness for me is the audacity to live and write during these times where my having breath frightens people”…
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ArchiveTarfia Faizullah
“I was a shy child who saw early that there are, and have always been, many worlds inside this…
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ArchiveDavid Yezzi
“The question for me is not ‘What is the poem about?’ but, rather, ‘Can you dance to it?’” David Yezzi…
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ArchiveJamaal May
“The secret to being a good reader is to avoid performing.” Jamaal May is the author Hum (Alice James…
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ArchiveC. Dale Young
“In life, there is mystery. The mysteries are no more profound in medicine than in poetry. I question, and…
February 4, 2016 -
ArchiveEmilia Phillips
“In my poems, that’s exactly what I want to create: a land on which to walk and a body…
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ArchiveJericho Brown
“Writing poetry has probably been the best teacher for me learning to pray.” Jericho Brown is the recipient of…
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ArchiveMalachi Black
“Poems and prayers both endeavor…to celebrate, investigate, mourn, or heal the mystery of existence.” Malachi Black is the author…
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ArchiveCarl Phillips
“I’ve always thought of them, of the poems, as being very private investigations and negotiations of a space that…
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ArchiveKim Addonizio
“We write poems to woo those we love (including those we’ll never meet…)” Kim Addonizio was born in Washington,…
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ArchiveA.E. Stallings
“Rhyme doesn’t bite. Ignore anyone who tells you rhyme (or meter or sonnets etc.) is against the rules.” A.E.…
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ArchiveErica Dawson
“Playing with sound like that keeps a poem on its toes. But, for me, it can’t only be about…
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ArchiveRickey Laurentiis
“The irony is that, at least for me, it’s only distance that grants the clarity necessary to be able…
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ArchiveMaurice Manning
“I simply want to make the claim that the mind is formed by the shape of the land, by…
September 30, 2015
