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Flirtation
Rita Dove was named Poet Laureate of the United States in 1993 when she was just forty years old. By then, though, she had written a few novels and several collections of poetry, including Thomas and...
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Sunday 4 & Domingo 4
My poem “Sunday 4,” published alongside its Spanish brother “Domingo 4″ in the Spring issue of Jai-Alai Magazine.
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Oh, Zelda
Los Angeles’s Silver Birch Press just released an anthology dedicated to “The Great Gatsby,” and I am thrilled that my poem “Oh, Zelda” was selected as part of the book. The poem is about F. Scott...
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Plato on Women
It seems Plato spent a weekend around young children before immortalizing his views on women and their abilities. From “Sophie’s World” by Jostein Gaardner.
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The Open Dishwasher
Today, you fell face first into the open dishwasher One plastic prong bruised your nose Another gave you your first black eye I rushed to cradle you And sing your falling down song Then I took...
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Abandoned Men
Brooklyn Copeland is a young, prolific poet who has published individual poems in venues like Poetry Magazine and The New York Times. She also has several chapbooks and full length poetry collections...
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Te lo vi
Yo lo vi; te lo vi todo. Te vi mi mano abriendo y cerrando el cuero de un libro pesado. Te vi mi mano mostrando y tapando el reflejo de un tenedor bordado. Te vi mi piel guardada. Te vi la...
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Better than a Great Song
Several years ago, British poet John Fullerwrote a poem with a bright future as a chart-topping pop song. Perhaps its catchy flow is due to the fact that it’s a strict villanelle, or perhaps it’s due...
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Infancy
A great description of what I found to be one of the most challenging aspects of infancy: its “apparent emptiness.” From the book “The Conscious Parent” by Shefali Tsabary.
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Manufacture Life, with Disclaimer
Babies seem to be stalking my reading lately. Could it have anything to do with the fact that I am more than seven months pregnant? Regardless, the official ditty produced by Singapore’s...
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An Open Book
A book sculpture on display at one of Santa Fe, New Mexico’s many crafty shops
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Modern General
Today I spent the afternoon visiting Santa Fe’s impressive contemporary art galleries with my husband. Who knew that Santa Fe ties with LA for the number two slot in art sales in the country, after...
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Fish Scale Lace
Anton Chekhov writes about fading love in his short story “The Lady with the Toy Dog” and perfectly captures the shock of sudden revulsion with the underlined image above.
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Off the Cliff
From Susan Pinker’s article “Slower and Wiser: How Intelligence Shifts with Age” in today’s WSJ. The verdict: our mental hard drive peaks early but our emotional intelligence begins to soar from...
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The Quiet Difference
Always a pleasure to reread this story, one of my all-time favorites. Dialogue doesn’t get better than this.
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How Kafka Reverse Predicted Performance Art
Kafka and I had a terrible breakup as a result of me trying to read “The Trial.” But, I can now say we’ve made up and are getting on smashingly. The story above, just a few pages long, is the reason...
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Submit to Five Quarterly, and to Me!
Since 2012, Five Quarterly has been publishing exciting works of fiction and poetry by emerging writers in issues culled by guest editors. I am happy to share that I will be one such guest editor for...
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Crazy Wallpaper
I’d never heard of Charlotte Perkins Gilman (b. 1892) until I read her short story “The Yellow Wallpaper.” Now I want to read everything about her, which I hope to share right here. But, for...
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Fortune’s Cookies
A friend recently sent me an upbeat, effortless Lawrence Ferlinghetti (b. 1919) poem that I immediately liked. And then immediately didn’t know if I liked. The poem is from Ferlinghetti’s...
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