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Most Popular Vox Populi Posts of 2020
Over the last year, Vox Populi published 742 posts from over 100 authors and artists. With approximately 12,000 email subscribers from 56 different countries and thousands more visiting the website every day, VP had a large and diverse audience. Below is a list of the most popular posts from 2020 divided into seven categories: Health Articles, Poems, Political Essays, Personal Essays, Fiction, Film/Audio/Humor, and Discussions about Writers and Writing. I’ve also added a link to my choice for the best post in each category. To check out a poem, video or article, simply click on the title. Happy browsing! – Michael Simms
- Health Articles
Mary Swander: Covid-19 among the Amish
Ben Martin: COVID-19 and Philip Roth’s Nemesis
Jeffrey D. Sachs: Why the US Has the World’s Highest Number of Covid-19 Deaths
Michael Simms: On my recent experience with Covid (maybe)
Michelle D. Holmes, M.D: Re-opening America
Editor’s Choice:
Nafeez Ahmad: The Light at the End
- Poems
Leslie McGrath: The Death of Dogs
Christina Rossetti: The Plague
Lawrence Ferlinghetti: I Am Waiting
Editor’s Choice:
Amiri Baraka: Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note
- Political Essays
Allan Lichtman: The 13 Keys to the White House
John Nagl and Paul Yingling: An Open Letter to General Milley
Peter Lake: How to Get Reelected Republican Style
John Edward Simms: The Last White RINO
Editor’s Choice:
John Lewis: Good Trouble, Necessary Trouble
- Personal Essays
Kathryn Levy: Bernie Sanders and George and Me
Beth Peyton: Physically Distant and Socially Awkward
Patricia A. Nugent: A Yawn is Better than a Gasp
Mel Packer: A History of Deadly Meddling
Ari Honarvar: When Savoring a Pleasant Moment is a Radical Act
Editor’s Choice:
Gerald Fleming: City of Breath
- Fiction
Deesha Philyaw: I Am Not My Ancestors
Pema Chödrön: A Story about Fear
Michael Simms: Civilization and Her Discontents
Editor’s Choice:
Ariel Dorfman: Sending Trump to Hell
- Film/Audio/Humor
Video: Liberal Redneck | Progress in Rural America
Josephine Baker: Siren of the Resistance
Video: The Lost Words Blessing
Editor’s choice:
Audio: Wendell Berry reads ‘The Peace of Wild Things’
- Discussions About Writers and Writing
Michael Simms: Re-reading Christina Rossetti’s ‘In an Artist’s Studio’
Michael Simms: Writing Prompt #1 | The Quotidian Poem
Vox Populi: An Interview With Our Editor
W. D. Ehrhart: Paul Fussell — A Remembrance
Mike Schneider: Bob Dylan’s Ballads of Murder, Drowning & Other Songs of Love
Editor’s Choice:
Eva-Maria Simms: Muzot in Winter
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This entry was posted on December 26, 2020 by Vox Populi in Art and Cinema, Environmentalism, Fiction, Health and Nutrition, Humor and Satire, Literary Criticism and Reviews, Most Popular, Note from the Editor, Personal Essays, Poetry, Social Justice and tagged Christina Rossetti, Eva-Maria Simms, Kathryn Levy, Leslie McGrath, Mary Swander, Meg Pokrass, Michael Simms, Most popular Vox Populi posts of 2020, Wendell Berry.Shortlink
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Thanks for all of them.
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Thank YOU for subscribing, Lex!
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Great job, Michael, again this year. Love the site. (And it was an honour to have a wee poem on it for the Covid anthol.) Keep up the great, important work. Blessings on you and yours x Adrian
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Adrian, it’s an honor to have you on board!
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A wonderful company to be in. Thank you, Michael Simms!
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How very nice to hear and to be included with so many great writers and thinkers. Thanks to VP and Michael Simms for enriching our world.. I have reposted my contribution on Facebook.
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