05 Aug I love where I work… @chipublib #booknerdsunite…
I love where I work… @chipublib #booknerdsunite #bookpartybus #literacyonwheels
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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....
16 Apr Photos I’ve been hoarding from AWP 2009 here in Chicago.
Photos I’ve been hoarding from AWP 2009 here in Chicago.
...16 Apr One of the times I can easily be accused of being a poet…
One of the times I can easily be accused of being a poet groupie. Not only did I gush in front of Haki Madhubuti, but when Lucille Clifton came around the corner and the two of them began to talk in front of my table,...