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Assignment 4 — Shannon Holman
Every time I go to Myanmar*, my first stop is the Yangon book market, which consists of several "shops"—blankets spread on the thronged sidewalk—piled with hundreds of volumes, many of which are tattered English…
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Rachel and Mitch at McDonalds 5-12-2011
We've been going to McDonalds in the morning for the past few weeks. At this early hour I look even more like Pruneface than usual. I'm grateful to Rachel for being seen with me,…
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Andrew Marvell’s “Bermudas”
See Tom Clark's blog entry with Marvell's wonderful poem and some joyous photographs from Bermuda.
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Assignment 3 — Shannon Holman
Great artists steal. For today's assignment, let's continue to play with the notions of indeterminacy and appropriation as tools to combat the twin demons of The Anxiety of Influence and The Blank Page (which…
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WHEN You Are CRAZY You Take OFF Your CLOTHES [by Jennifer Michael Hecht]
Dear Bleaders, In my first poetry book, The Next Ancient World, there is a poem called Naked, in which I talk about being so crazy with rage and shame (that's what we are crazy…
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Assignment 2 — Shannon Holman
Selection is a form of invention. For today's assignment, make like a gambler: Shuffle Up and Deal. Why spent thousands on seminars, self-help books, and therapy to help you deal with the crippling, quotidian…
