"Alabama’s Next Poet Laureate Writes Searingly About Race"
The poet Ashley M. Jones wants far more than financial reparations to compensate for centuries of slavery and its legacies—though she would take a check. To her, true reparations require an enormous cultural evolution. 'You think money can ever repay what you stole?' she asks in her third poetry collection, Reparations Now!, which was published in September.
via THE NEW YORK TIMES |
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What Sparks Poetry:
Shara Lessley on Li-Young Lee's "My Father, in Heaven, Is Reading Out Loud
"The more I studied 'My Father, in Heaven...,' the more I appreciated the stanzas’ complexity, pattern-making, and interiority, and how the poem reflected the lyric’s capacity as a communal art. I knew this is what I wanted. Whether I could write anything of dimension was uncertain. But in Lee’s work I discovered textures of energy, music, and intimacy I hoped to emulate—even if I couldn’t predict my effort’s outcome." |
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MFA Open House November 1
Join Mason Creative Writing students, faculty, and administrators for an online open house and discover one of the country's more distinctive MFA programs. With opportunities through our brand-new Center for Literary Engagement and Publishing Practice, an MFA from Mason can make all the difference to your artistic and professional life.
Register here or call 703-993-1185. |
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