Madness and Mania: A Reading List
PEN America and Strand Book Store present a reading list on "Madness and Mania" in celebration of tonight's PEN Out Loud event featuring an intimate poetry reading with sam… More
The PEN Ten with sam sax
I do have more to say about what a good writer is and ought to do, which I think carries many of the same qualities as a good person.… More
This Is Not a Good News Story
What gets coded as what, and how, seems an almost week-to-week question posed in our media and discourse…There are tangible consequences to the language and narratives we use. More
I Want So Desperately to be Finished with Desire
everyone drags all their past / lovers into bed // all their past beds / & public toilets & foil pipes / & park benches & cutlasses / &… More
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Celebrate the #NorthCarolina lit community and our new #PiedmontRegion chapter at Literary Frivolity! 2/23 at the Pinhook in #Durham. RSVP here: https://bit.ly/2U7hKgL
Which one is more dangerous - coming down with the #coronavirus or daring to tell the truth about it? #COVIDー19 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/15/xi-critic-professor-this-may-be-last-piece-i-write-words-ring-true
#Austin! Join us for the Future of Black Journalism in Austin and Borderless: Conversations on Art, Action, and Justice at the Diverse Literary Voices of TX Writer Series next Sat 2/22. RSVP: https://bit.ly/2t74IVe