Essay
By Sandra Simonds
Whether reciting poems from a bank lobby or singing along to Justin Bieber in LA traffic, he met the world with intellectual rigor and extraordinary attention.
Poem
By Nikki Giovanni
childhood remembrances are always a drag
if you’re Black
you always remember things like living in Woodlawn
with no inside toilet...
if you’re Black
you always remember things like living in Woodlawn
with no inside toilet...
Poem
By Joshua Clover
They basically grow it out of sand.
This is a big help because otherwise it was getting pretty enigmatic.
Welcome to the desert of the real,
I am an ephemeral and not too discontented citizen....
This is a big help because otherwise it was getting pretty enigmatic.
Welcome to the desert of the real,
I am an ephemeral and not too discontented citizen....
Poem
From the magazine:A Certain Kind of Debt
By Sandra Simonds
You warned me about striving.
You said once they gave you a house
with waves of peppermint in the backyard,
the Library of Babylon, and free lunch,
they would take it away. Still, I ate
the fake meat they served on Fridays,
always alone with my...
You said once they gave you a house
with waves of peppermint in the backyard,
the Library of Babylon, and free lunch,
they would take it away. Still, I ate
the fake meat they served on Fridays,
always alone with my...
Poem of the day
'Tis death! and peace, indeed, is here,
And ease from shame, and rest from fear...
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