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Five Literary Deep Dives for Your Fill of Publishing Drama
Jo Ramsay / Blog
A good literary feud only happens once every few years. But when it happens, it takes the internet by storm. Maybe you watched the drama unravel live on Twitter, or maybe you ate up the articles that were published after… READ MORE
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Khashayar Mohammadi / Poetry
the tongue is prosthetic unity
pros- : in addition to
+τίθημι : to put (literal act of laying down)
like τῐ́θημῐ πόδα : I plant the foot
τῐ́θημῐ τὰ ὅπλα:
I rest arms
I bear arms
I lay down arms and surrender
language is pros-θέσις
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Beauty and Monstrosity Converge in Queen and Carcass's Dreamworld
Erica Osko / Book Review
Wandering through van Valkenburg’s dreamlike world is exciting and rewarding; many of the poems captivate with their beauty, but then grab you by the throat. However, like any dreamworld, they’re at times disorienting. The poet’s religious and mythological imagery may enthrall some readers, but confuse others.
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Rupi Kaur and Exploiting Diaspora Trauma
Kiran Misra / Essay
Kaur’s poems fall under the broad umbrella of what can be called “mango diaspora poetry,” an often-ridiculed subgenre which relies on stereotypes that often flatten the description of the complex South Asian experience into universal nostalgic sadness.
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