It is time to get a little personal. It is time to talk about feelings. Silence about feelings. It is time to disrupt this problem with silence that Cathy Park…
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Miniscule Structures
by Guest Contributor May 12, 2020by Yásnaya Elena A. Gil Translated by John Pluecker When it came time for the French biologist Jacques Monod to title his extraordinary book Chance and Necessity: Essay on…
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Amidst Covid, Discovering Cronenberg’s Eastern Promises
by Guest Contributor May 7, 2020TRIGGER WARNING: This article contains references to sexual assault and violence that may be triggering to some. In early April, my boyfriend and I were walking in the little park…
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On Being the Protagonist of an Environmental Justice Documentary
by Guest Contributor April 8, 2020Stacey Ryan did not think of himself as the hero of an environmental justice documentary. Ryan agreed to work with filmmaker Alexander Glustrom and the team of Mossville: When Great…
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Quarantine Reading: Books You Shouldn’t Forget to Buy [UPDATED: 4/16/2020]
by Michael J Seidlinger March 13, 2020How are you? I’m pretty sure we’re all so paralyzed with anxiety, we haven’t fully processed the cancellations and lost opportunities that the coronavirus pandemic is inflicting upon our careers…
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Update 3/3/20: Please read AWP’s latest statement and double-check all event listings and event pages as many events have been canceled. Also check updates on the book fair, as many…
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Creative Nonfiction / EssayCultureCurrent Events
The Privilege of Old Age
by Guest Contributor January 13, 2020Photographs: © Isa Leshko My grandmother turned 86 in June, and, since then, she has been having some health and memory problems. It’s been sad and frustrating to watch her in…
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In Absence of the Word, the Word Remains: On Joel Swanson’s Pink Erasers
by Joshua Ware January 6, 2020Atop a white pedestal near the rear of David B. Smith Gallery’s main exhibition space sits a pink 13” x 13” x 13” cube. The artwork, titled “How many Pinkie…
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After a Year of Crying, We’re Not Yet Out of Tears
by Michael J Seidlinger March 20, 2019Last year at #AWP18, in lieu of being able to secure an event space for the CCM/Entropy AWP reading, I brainstormed an idea to still have, in some small way,…
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#AWP19 is happening soon. This this year, it’s going to be a big one. Not only are we expecting a particularly large crowd this year (everyone seems to be excited…
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It’s the tail end of January, which means we are approaching the most dreadful time of the year. With every February comes a whole panoply of perils: record-low temperatures, flu…
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URBAN AGGREGATE: Aesthetic Interventions in the City
by Joshua Ware September 20, 2018Urbanscapes provide a centrally-located space for people to coalesce: a place where we can exchange ideas, experiences, intimacies, and aesthetics. At its best, such spaces provide us with the ability…
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Creative Nonfiction / EssayCultureCurrent Events
With or Without My Best Intentions: On the 25th Anniversary of the Murder of Mia Zapata
by Cole Cohen July 31, 2018I was twelve in July of 1993, the summer of Gits frontwoman Mia Zapata’s murder- though I wouldn’t know of her for another six years . I was in my…
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Creative Nonfiction / EssayCurrent Events
FREEDOM AND NOT FREEDOM IN HUCK FINN AND SYRIA
by Mark Gozonsky May 18, 2018Featured Image Credit: Vincent Vazquez One thing I have always struggled with as a teacher is getting families involved. The students themselves you can generally get involved if the lesson…