05 Aug I love where I work… @chipublib #booknerdsunite…
I love where I work… @chipublib #booknerdsunite #bookpartybus #literacyonwheels
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Poetry
06 Feb Let’s Dance, Poem
The first time you read a new poem it’s like a first dance. You’ve spent so much time choreographing the steps, practicing the movements, pauses, turns. You’ve built an experience between the two of you that now brings you to this moment, ready to present...
16 Sep Apology to My Muse
Muse, You and I have been estranged for far too long and I miss you. You remain with me, but as some shadow confined to a corner, turning only when called. I’ve been selfish, expected you to expect to know your place as supplier, misunderstood your...
08 Jun A. Van Jordan! #printersrowlitfest
A. Van Jordan! #printersrowlitfest...
16 Feb Patricia Smith story time. #ltab
Patricia Smith story time. #ltab...
10 Jan The Non-Resolution Resolution
Within the first 10 days of this new year, I’ve come across a few blogs, statuses and tweets of those “resolving” themselves for 2013. I, myself, have often been one of those people, demanding newfound and cast-aside undertakings where I will be a better lover, better friend, better bodied, and most...
07 Nov Poetry Anonymous: My Writing Group Is Dope
Every writer needs his/her own support group, a group of people who get you. I love my friends to death and they are very supportive, but there is nothing like being around people who completely understand why you froze in place as Yusef Komunyakaa walked...
06 May ““When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes…”
““When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” - Audre Lorde”...
26 Apr #NowReading: Divide These by Saskia Hamilton
One of the books I obsessively gathered amongst the stack I fished out when I discovered where the Harold Washington Library was hiding all the contemporary poetry (and here I thought they just weren’t getting with it!) was Divide These by Kaskia Hamilton....
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