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Most Popular Vox Populi Posts for 2021
At the end of each year, I enjoy compiling a list of the Vox Vopuli posts which attracted the most viewers. This year, for the first time, I’m also noting the single most popular post in each category since VP was founded in April, 2014. If you see an author or title that looks interesting, I hope you’ll visit (or re-visit) the post. Thank you for being part of our community! — Michael Simms, editor
Most Popular Vox Populi Political Articles in 2021:
Abby Zimet: Slipping Free of the Shame To Say His Name, Now More Than Ever
Derrick Jensen, Lierre Keith, & Max Wilbert: Bright Green Lies
Baron Wormser: Notes from the Time of the Leader
D.W. Fenza: Democracy & the Corruptible Soul of Higher Education
Most popular Vox Populi Political Article of all time (2014-2021):
Noam Chomsky: The Death of the American University
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Most popular Health Articles in 2021:
Andrew Reginald Hairston: Husky Boy
William Torphy and Ted Torphy: Lessons from the Pandemic
William Petri, M.D.: How effective is the first shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine?
Rachel Hadas: Humble Herb is Rival to Prozac
Tony Magistrale: When Viruses Collide: Covid-19 Meets Stephen King’s The Stand
Most popular Health Article of all time (2014-2021:
Joshua Dubois: What the President secretly did at Sandy Hook Elementary School
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Most Popular Poems in 2021:
Jane Varley: The Language of Prayer
Most Popular Poem 2014-2021:
Danusha Laméris: Small Kindnesses
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Most Popular Personal Essays in 2021:
Joe Kadi: Musings about a Gender Transition
Jason Irwin: Sickness Will Surely Take the Mind
Valerie Bacharach: Elegy for Nathan
Haya El-Refai: Laya’s first Eid
Sharon Fagan McDermott: Three Ways of Looking at Beauty
Most Popular Personal Essay 2014-2021:
Mary Oliver: The Artist’s Task
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Film, Art, Humor in 2021
Kate Cheney Chappell: Earth Matrix
Wesley Wildman: News from Trump Country
Video: Louie Schwartzberg | Nature. Beauty. Gratitude.
Video: The Nazi Officer’s Wife
Most Popular Film, Art, Humor Post 2014-2021:
Video: Frida Kahlo (rare footage)
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Most popular 2021 Posts by Michael Simms
Federico García Lorca: New York (Office and Denunciation) (translation)
Video: Michael Simms reads five poems of joy and acceptance
Most popular Post by Michael Simms 2014-2021:
Michael Simms: On the Spectrum with Garrison Keillor
In addition to visiting the posts above, I highly recommend taking a look at the poetry of Christopher Bursk, whose final book With Aeneas in a Time of Plague was released by Ragged Sky Press shortly after his death in June, 2021. I find Chris’s poems elegant, musical and profound.
****A big thank you to all the poets, writers, artists, and filmmakers who contributed work to Vox Populi over the last eight years. And thank you, especially, to the subscribers around the world (30% of our 12,000 subscribers live outside the United States) who keep this enterprise alive simply by reading, clicking, commenting, and sharing. Happy New Year to all!
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A big thank you to you, Michael, for your enthusiasm and perseverance in finding / creating the material you share on Vox Populi. I will revisit these, and look forward to the 2022 posts.
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Thank you, Hele. You are a lovely presence here.
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An impressive list, Michael. Thank you. And Onward!
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yes. onward!
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I look forward to visiting these again.
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Thanks, Barb. did you know you are the person who has more comments than anyone else at VP? Thank you for your diligent, and often lyrical responses.
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Reblogged this on Andrew Reginald Hairston.
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