Who Run the World?
On Saturday, January 21, over a half a million women (and men—but let’s be clear that it was women who planned and executed this) came together in Washington, DC, and in sister demonstrations across...
View ArticleWhat’s at Stake: The NEA and the Literary Ecosystem
As a poet I get it: talking about “literary infrastructure” is boring. Who wouldn’t rather talk about poets, poems, or aesthetic movements? When we start hearing a lot about the organizations dedicated...
View ArticleWhat to Read When the President Cuts Funding for Everything Good
Yesterday morning, Trump’s administration released their proposed budget. While additional programs may also be on the chopping block, programs specifically named in the proposal include after-school...
View ArticleThe Storming Bohemian Punks the Muse #22: Poverty Is Never “Genteel”
Poverty may have been beloved of St. Francis, but not so much by the rest of us. Nobody likes to look at advanced poverty, toothless and drooling, clutching the hands of children who have running sores...
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