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Alison Granucci -- Lectures Readings Illuminations
Illuminations
George Floyd
You can be a bother who dyes
his hair Dennis Rodman blue
in the face of the man kneeling in blue
in the face the music of his wrist-
watch your mouth is little more
than a door being knocked
out of the ring of fire around
the afternoon came evening’s bell
of the ball and chain around the neck
of the unarmed brother ground down
to gunpowder dirt can be inhaled read more »
Speaker News
Kirkus Prize
Congratulations to Elizabeth Acevedo and Aimee Nezhukumatathil whose 2020 titles were listed among this year's Kirkus Prize finalists.
The New Yorker
Bryan Doerries' Theater of War company brings catharsis to the traumatized. In the coronavirus era, that’s all of us.
NYT Opinion
Read Valzhyna Mort's "Belarus Is Under Attack," a response and reflection on the Belarusian government's violent response to protest.
Poets & Writers
Q&A with poet and essayist Aimee Nezhukumatathil on writing, nature, and her forthcoming collection of essays World of Wonders.
BE Latina
Read this interview with Mahogany L. Browne, "if we never admit it, if we never acknowledge it — then we can feign ignorance."
