August 2012
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Urban Word NYC Summer Institute Master Poets...
Many thanks to Urban Word NYC’s Summer Institute for Social Justice for the invitation to lead this Master Class in poetry and poetics. I’ll be leading the group in a reading later in the evening, which’ll be FREE and open to the public. Deets below.
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Come join us for the 5th session in our Master Poets series! Afternoon Master Classes include lectures and writing workshops from...
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Ghérasim Luca
DREAM IN ACTION
the beauty of your smile your smile in crystals the crystals of velvet the velvet of your voice your voice and your silence your silence absorbent absorbent like the snow the snow warm and slow slow is your step your step diagonal diagonal thirst night silk and floating floating like the moans the plants are in your skin your skin them mess she messes your perfume your perfume is...
Hate Crimes Always Have A Logic: On The Oak Creek...
“The crimes of white supremacists are not exceptions and do not and cannot exist in isolation from more systemic forms of racism. People of colour face legislated racism from immigration laws to policies governing Indigenous reserves; are discriminated and excluded from equitable access to healthcare, housing, childcare, and education; are disproportionately victims of police killings and...
APE IN A CAPE: All-New Atom →
gailsimone:
One of my favorite, funnest assignments ever.
I’m just gonna throw out a few random thoughts, here, excuse me if they are muddled.
It was kind of a weird assignment, in a way. I was asked to write the book, the idea was that Grant Morrison had come up with some outlines for character revamps,…
Of course DC and Geoff Johns had to go the way of Hollywood and kill off...
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My Drunken Books
Drunken Boat recently asked for a short list of books I’m currently reading. Many thanks to reviews editor Shira Dentz for the invite. Check out my list here, or pasted below.
Batman: Knightfall, vol 1, written by Chuck Dixon and art by Doug Moench/Jim Aparo et al. (DC Comics, reprinted 2012)
A cross-over series whose epic storyline mirrors the size and gravitas of its new villain seeking...
APE IN A CAPE: I Don't Know What To Say →
gailsimone:
I am a writer, even at the worst of times I am rarely at a loss for words. In this case, I am afraid words fail me entirely.
I just received a note that verified a fear that had been lingering in the back of my mind since the tragic events in Aurora, Colorado.
Not that long ago, I went to the…
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