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Article 9
by Moni Lewandowski “Somewhere along the way, I decided I had to be an artist or die.” – Frank Bidart
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At the Edge of Town
by Pieter Hugo “Tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light.. Tell us what it is to be a woman so that we may know what it is to be a man. What moves at the margin....
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Does Your Mama Know About Me?
by Attila Richard Lukacs I ask you brother: Does your mama really know about you? Does she really know what I am? Does she know I want to love her son, care for him, nurture and celebrate him? Do you...
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Radio Silence
by Kim Anno Sorry for the silence, so to speak. In a world other than this one, I’d update this blog regularly every two or three days. In that very same world, there’d be an antique chandelier above...
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A Black Gay Poet, or a Gay Black Poet, or a Poet
by Margaret Bowland I. The first thing I did after weathering Irene’s apparent disappointment was go to a diner with a friend for breakfast. While eating, I noticed a old Jewish woman wearing a FUBU...
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Addendum: Dante Micheaux on “Black Gay Poet, or Gay Black Poet, or Poet”
by Olaf Hajek Dante Micheaux‘s response to “Black Gay Poet, or Gay Black Poet, or Poet” adds insight worth sharing: I was an undergraduate when José Muñoz was just beginning to make a name for himself....
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Words to Write By: Jonathan G. Silin, 1995
by Todd Chilton I once believed the work of advocacy was the work of picket lines and protests, sit-ins and street theater, public hearings and private lobby efforts. Now I realize that the work of...
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Article 1
by Darren Pearson “Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn’t matter. I’m not sure a bad person can write a good book. If art doesn’t make us better, then what on earth is it for.” –...
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from “Problems of Language in a Democratic State” by June Jordan
I believe Americans have wanted their sons and daughters to write just well enough to fill out a job application. Americans have wanted their children to think just well enough to hold that job. Not...
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