If This Is Serious, Why Am I Laughing?
CAST OF CHARACTERS INDIO...PUERTO RICAN MALE, 25—30, HAS SLIGHT ACCENT, SHORT AND THIN, BEARDBLACK...BLACK MALE, 20, TALL AND MUSCULAR, VERY PHYSICALWHITE...WHITE MALE, 35-40, MEDIUM HEIGHT, GOING BALDGUARD...WHITE FEMALE, 22-24,… More
The Role of the Droll Troll
Once upon a time, in the Land of Continuity, there lived a monster of sorts. All the people indigenous to this kingdom knew this alleged creature of the underworld… More
How the Catcher in the Rye Ruined My Life
When I checked out The Catcher in the Rye at the library I was looking foreward to stirring up the thick sediment of adolescence. Though I recalled the details of… More
Of Cold Places
Of Cold PlacesI used to keep a list of foreign prisons:Lubyanka in Moscow, Portolova in SpainCalifornia's Terminal Island,exotic names of cold places.I thought: one day I'll make a poemlisting… More
The Knave of Hearts, A Sestina
He was so caught up in this city of wilderness that he was unable to escape the prison of a real war. The girl—a color of something pink like the sensuous… More
To Sleep on a Submarine
Elusive submarine sleep, I have sought you In so many submarine places When too weary to continue unending submarine work. More
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TOMORROW: Join PEN America, @HumanitiesGC, @CullmanNYPL, & @segalcenter for the 20th and final week of Translating the Future, with “A Flight of Tokarczuk Translators,” featuring 12 of Olga Tokarczuk's translators, and moderated by Susan Harris. https://bit.ly/3hKHAit
Authorities in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan have formally arrested a dissident poet, Wang Zang, who spoke out in support of the Hong Kong protest movement and his wife, Wang Li, on subversion charges. https://bit.ly/32TiKsF
Poet Claudia Rankine's latest book, JUST US, has been named by @oprahmagazine as a must-read this fall: https://bit.ly/3cwNT8E. Join Claudia Rankine in conversation with @proseb4bros for a #PENOutLoud event discussing her new book on 9/30! Tickets: https://bit.ly/2XXutn1.