Tag Archives: Patricia Smith

Your Invitation to the Wake: For Alexandra Petri, After Her Article, ‘Is Poetry Dead?’

Posted on January 27, 2013 by admin

By Tatyana Brown The Tuesday afternoon after Obama was inaugurated for his second term (the same day The Washington Post published your thoughts on Richard Blanco and the state of certain fields of contemporary literature), I taught a poetry workshop … Continue reading →

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From the “Next … Magazine” Files

Posted on May 15, 2011 by admin

Compiled by G. Murray Thomas Next … Magazine covered the Southern California poetry scene on monthly basis from 1994 through 1998. In the process, it provided a ground-level view of a transitional period in poetry, in SoCal and nationally. “From … Continue reading →

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The Other: Origins, Examples & the Divine

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Lisa Sisler

by Lisa Sisler In order to explore the concept of “the Other,” one needs to go back to its philosophical origins. In the late 18th century Immanuel Kant divided the world into the categories of noumena, what actually is, and … Continue reading →

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Radius: Patricia Smith, Victor D. Infante, Mckendy Fils-Aime

Posted on February 26, 2011 by admin

For our regular “Radius” feature, we’ll be inviting some of our favorite poets to share a poem, and to discuss the poets that influenced them, as well as the emerging poets whom they feel deserve a wider audience. Since somebody … Continue reading →

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