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poetry as honesty
Poems, like most great art, are the art of telling the truth of life just as we live it. I learned this in the work of Joy Harjo, Mary...
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asj
Feb 27, 20161 min read
#poetry: By its right name
#poem #poetry #becoming #amwriting #reminder #love
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asj
Sep 18, 20151 min read
Four freedoms, updated for me
"It’s super-exciting to not care if you’re liked.... It’s fun defying expectations about me.” ~Amy Poehler Freedom to draw boundaries...
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asj
Sep 18, 20151 min read
On 'Treasure: From Tragedy to Transjustice, Mapping a Detroit Story'
A mother's hands are neatly folded She speaks, and her voice is neat as well. "When you have a dismemberment," she says. And her voice is...
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asj
Sep 15, 20151 min read
Evaluate my bones
Evaluate my bones when I'm gone When my skin and hair, my blood and tongue are long turned to dust My bones are frank and simple Earnest...
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asj
Aug 25, 20153 min read
Just Mercy
(my Instagram) That's Esquire, which I don't think of as breathless or overwrought when it comes to book reviews, praising Bryan...
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