When writing this poem, I was most concerned about properly translating the game's dungeon-crawler mechanics into a textual experience while also highlighting the shifting interpersonal conflict at the game's core. With that in mind, I created this piece that shifts its meaning depending on your “playthrough.” One reading laments a grieving father, and another resents his presence entirely. Each reading presents a different way to understand the story.
DeeSoul Carson on "Good Riddance" |
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"Most Influential: Luther Hughes"
"In 2018, Hughes returned to Seattle and got a job at the poetry-centric Open Books store, where they met a group of literary-minded peers. Through these friendships, Hughes launched a podcast, The Poet Salon, with fellow writers Gabrielle Bates and Dujie Tahat... During the pandemic, Hughes raised $55,500 ($10,000 of which was thanks to the Philadelphia Assembly’s Money in the Streets Initiative), to help support 215 queer artists of color around the globe."
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What Sparks Poetry: Jennifer Chang on Drafts
"In truth, I misremembered the statue, I misrepresent it; in my poem, there is more than one enslaved person at Lincoln’s knees. But this is not the only reason I could not get the draft right. I wanted to capture the feeling of two friends wandering in a city, the ebb and flow of their conversation. Most of all, I wanted the poem to do what letters do: bridge a distance in geography and in time: the future, the past, Washington, D.C., Texas, the thaw that makes some late winter days feel like spring." |
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