Literature
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Abrahamic Imprint
I write a lot about my God with no religion both here and in in my poems from time to time. However, I do have moments when I stop and...
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Poems that were temporarily offline (cross posted)
It was only by tinkering with the website template that I realized there were a handful of previously published poems still in draft status. That has been corrected and I...
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God of Public Stanzas
God was rather mean, interjecting in today’s poem, “I will not be there when you need me / next, because you could not follow my lines” – and it was...
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I do not like a recent poem (cross-posted)
I do not like the poem “state house fairground,” even though I know it is quite good. I cannot tell you why I do not like it. I know intellectually...
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Two poems still going strong and two books of poetry
I do not monitor traffic to my poetry with strict adherence, but I do try to review what poems are getting attention at least once a month. There are two...
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(cross-posting) Note: Continuing humanities teaching and research after the discontinuation of grants
I do not think individual humanities work needs to stop with the removal of grants. Yes, clearly communities and community culture will be hurt. However, individuals can continue privately, to...
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Very Incomplete List, but Perhaps Some Helpful Feminist Readings
(Not all of these are citations in Chicago Style, why? Because there is enough information to show you were to find the book or article and I do not have...
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Memo: Avoid autobiographical fiction
I just found two story outlines, both about 10 pages of notes, that I exerted a great deal of effort into trying to flesh out for potential novels. I hadn’t...
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Notes on Space and Place, Feminist Geography, and Related Texts
I. In Hortense J. Spillers essay, “Notes on an Alternative Model – Neither/Nor,” from Black, White, and in Color: Essays on American Literature and Culture, she surveys William Faulkner in...