Sam Bastille explores poetry as a conduit for intersectionality and praises Jericho Brown’s “The Tradition”…
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Read Between The Lyrics
5 female singer-songwriters who put poetry into pop By Ryan Amato When you think of creative writing, chances are you don’t immediately think of music; but you’d be surprised that the same amount of creativity that goes into crafting the powerful metaphors and storylines that can be found in some…
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Walking in Wallace Stevens’s Footsteps
By Danny Mitola If there’s one thing I’ve noticed that’s different during self-isolation, it’s the amount of people walking, biking, and running on my street. There have certainly been people in the past whose daily routines included these activities, but I’ve noticed many new faces. It doesn’t come as much…
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The Colliding of Science and Poetry
A Review of Mary Soon Lee’s Elemental Haiku, poems to honor the periodic table, three lines at a time By Esther Santiago Where the appreciation of science and poetry collides: A Review of Mary Soon Lee’s Elemental Haiku, poems to honor the periodic table, three lines at a time When…
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Dead Poets Society: New England Chapter
Call me cliché, but with winter hanging around, the topic of death is on my mind more often than usual. This winter has been a little strange, with warmer temperatures than normal, but we won’t get into why that is. It has certainly increased outdoor activities – I’ve seen more…
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Poetry and Me: How writing can act like therapy
Have you ever been bogged down by emotions? Been so stuck in life that you felt a little less than? Maybe you’ve even struggled with mental illness. No matter how small or severe these feelings may be, there is something that you can do to help: write! Throughout the 19…
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On Charles Bukowski: Why never going crazy is horrible
Who is Bukowski? Over the summer when I was able to spend some free time reading for fun, I was looking into some new poets. It was initially difficult to put down Rupi Kaur’s the sun and her flowers, yet I was also very intrigued by another poet’s unapologetic and…
