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Oh, the High-Tech Life or OOO (Out of Office)
OOO can mean any variety of things: I’m not in the office occupying my usual cubicle space and sitting in a chair with my feet raised on a two-drawer file cabinet, or I’m at home in my jammies, sitting on … Continue reading
Invented Forms: The Radius
By Robert Wynne The Radius is a variable-length, syllabic form. I was inspired to create it last year, not surprisingly, by the name of the Radius site. Each Radius must have an even number of lines, and each line must … Continue reading
The Male Slam Experience vs The Female Slam Experience
By Rachel McKibbens It has taken me two years to get around to writing this, but after coming home from the Women of the World poetry slam on Sunday, and being asked repeatedly what I meant by something I said … Continue reading
Why Queer is the New Straight White Male
by Jade Sylvan When I originally conceived of this post, I was going to call it “What’s Good About Straight White Men.” I was planning to write about how, as frustratingly homogenous as the “Western Canon” of literature is, the … Continue reading
Game Apps and the Public Space
“Where had I been all these years? Instead of reading books, I should’ve been at video arcades perfecting my hand eye coordination and driving vehicles up the vertical side of mountains.” Home from work, I grab my iPad and open … Continue reading
Cozying up to My First eBook in Oakland, California
By Lenore Weiss Books outlining my walls attest to the fact that I am an inveterate reader and book collector. Heretofore, I have resisted adoption of the eBook in favor of the screen. It seems like a question of loyalty. … Continue reading
Poem in translation by Vishnu Nagar
Americanization By Vishnu Nagar I have never been to America, was never invited either That I would be invited is unlikely My children do not have any plans as of now To go or settle down there Incidentally none of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bharatbhooshan Tiwari, Looking East, political poems, Vishnu Nagar
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Facebook and the Development of the Personal Protagonist
By Jade Sylvan I have tons of Facebook friends I’ve never met in real life. These friends engage with my Facebook personality, which, as I’ve written it, is a pretty cryptic, absurd voice. They like its statuses. They comment on … Continue reading
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Tagged facebook, How We Read, Jade Sylvan, poetry and culture, poetry and pop culture
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Two Poems by Tony Brown
Less Than 1% By Tony Brown Luther, who grew up on the reservation with my father, said tonight while we were all watching the news: Everything here’s occupied and has been for years – why are they so willing to … Continue reading
Invented Forms: Rejection Letter
By Robert Wynne The epistolary, or letter, form has long been an option in the standard poetic toolbox, but I’ve never been particularly drawn to it. Several years ago, however, when I was a co-editor at Cider Press Review, I … Continue reading