"The poem, 'When Orbital Proximity Feels Creepy,' speaks to being in a state of bewilderment and the experiencing of an ungainly solitude as one is being haunted by digital communication technology (the invisible), a room, and the sun’s movement."
Peter Gizzi on 'When Orbital Proximity Feels Creepy" |
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Claudia Rankine on the Racial Imaginary
Claudia Rankine discusses books by Cathy Park Hong, Ed Morales, Jess Row, W.J.T. Mitchell, and Jericho Brown, while also reflecting on her own work. "I’m really interested in how to get the structure to, in some way, mimic the intent of the project. Both Citizen and Just Us ask for an involvement from the reader—and that means you’re going to lose readers—but that also makes you feel like you’re part of it."
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What Sparks Poetry:
Lia Purpura on "First Leaf"
“I remember telling my students give me a minute I have to write something down, and though I say 'the words just came' the language itself felt almost intrusive, like a clumsy adaptation of a finer, more efficient form of communication—and yet, the pressure to inscribe was compelling. It was like passively receiving something and also being able to physically make something at the same time." |
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