Video: Gregory Pardlo reads “Palling Around”
Gregory Pardlo reads “Palling Around” from his collection Digest (Four Way Books) which won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry.
Jon Tribble: Appearances
I wear no uniform but the skin I came into and changed with . the world’s knocks and years, scrapes and scars, no tattoos yet . coloring this pinkish canvas, … Continue reading
Eduardo Galeano: Mexico’s Women Liberators
. The centenary celebrations were over and all that glowing garbage was swept away. And the revolution began. History remembers the revolutionary leaders Zapata, Villa, and other he-men. The women, … Continue reading
Sarah Browning: Killing Summer
I. The Washington Post, Section B, Local Briefs: another boy dead, and another – Across town. Down the block. In the alley. In his car. A few feet from a … Continue reading
Patricia A. Nugent: The Hand of the Poet
“I have a problem. I know you can’t help me, but I want to tell you anyway.” She approaches me after the first class of a four-week writing course … Continue reading
Leonard Gontarek: Night
1 Let the man write about Philadelphia. He has a little cynicism in him. Cynicism is nothing. It’s black coffee with sugar. Let him write about the sirens floating around … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: Surveys show Americans succumbing to lies of the gun lobby
A new Pew Research Center survey shows that more Americans now believe that protecting gun rights is more important than controlling gun ownership, and a 2014 Gallup poll says that … Continue reading
Jose Padua: Anti-Capitalist Manifesto in Celebration of the Spring
Love is everything that isn’t despair. I am almost tempted to say this even though I don’t believe it’s true because there are so many things in-between. A competition lost … Continue reading
Michael T. Klare: The Renewable Revolution
Four Reasons Why the Transition From Fossil Fuels to a Green Energy Era Is Gaining Traction Don’t hold your breath, but future historians may look back on 2015 as the … Continue reading
Audio: Jack Kerouac reads “October in the Railroad Earth”
Jack Kerouac’s paean to San Francisco. Jack Kerouac (born Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969) was an American novelist and poet. He is considered a … Continue reading
Adrian Blevins: Nouns in their Habitats
New Pilgrims at Tinker Creek: I read Annie Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek for the first time when I was about fourteen years old. I don’t remember now what I … Continue reading
Video: The Mirrors of Ingmar Bergman, narrated with the poetry of Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath was a fan of Ingmar Bergman’s work. She was inspired by the mood and imagery of the films, and she based her poem “Three Women” on Bergman’s film … Continue reading
Video: This Machine Kills Hate — Healing America through art
Roberto Lugo says of the potter’s art: “I have a dream where I can change the world by making pots, showing others how to make pots, and by bringing those … Continue reading
Chris Hedges: Rise of the New Black Radicals
The almost daily murders of young black men and women by police in the United States—a crisis undiminished by the protests of groups such as Black Lives Matter and by … Continue reading →