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  • Overcoming Writer’s Block with Jessica Jacobs and Nickole Brown (by Nin Andrews)

    March 24, 2021

    Many years ago, my shy teenage son came home from high school and said he had almost spoken in class that day. “But the words got stuck right here," he said gesturing at the…

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  • The Meaning of Life [by Jean-Paul Satire]

    March 22, 2021

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  • “Mourning the Loss of Bob Hershon” [by Thomas Devaney]

    March 22, 2021

    Mourning the loss of Bob Hershon. His life-long work at Hanging Loose Press is beyond measure. Bob’s poems, with their "downhome speech," lead with the heart. The one where he puts his hand back…

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  • A Fond Farewell to Bob Hershon [by Terence Winch]

    March 21, 2021

    Like many others, I am deeply saddened today over the death of my dear friend Bob Hershon. Bob was smart, funny, and generous. He was also a wonderful poet. Bob was the co-founder of…

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  • June Jordan: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]

    March 21, 2021

    ______________________________________________________________________________________ The Reception   Doretha wore the short blue lace last night and William watched her drinking so she fight with him in flying collar slim-jim orange tie and alligator belt below the navel…

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  • “So I said like why so he said like maybe” [by Molly Arden]

    March 20, 2021

    So I said like why so he said like maybe my place? So he said I'm on the job around the cockSo I said that's hardSo he said whatSo I said around the clockSo…

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