Reading Ferlinghetti in the Age of Trump
This lesson feels especially relevant to our moment: that it’s possible to be both a frustrated activist and also a present and joyful human being.
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Emily Sernaker
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Emily Sernaker is a writer living in New York and studying at Pacific University. Her work has appeared in McSweeney’s, Ms. Magazine Online, Rattle, New Ohio Review, GOOD Media, Beltway Poetry Quarterly and Politics and Prose District Lines.
Poetry Is a Manifestation of a Life: Talking with Marvin Bell
Poet Marvin Bell discusses his now-famous love poem, "To Dorothy," and the woman who inspired it.
You’re in the Hands of a Pro: The Goat Fish and the Lover’s Knot by Jack Driscoll
The characters in this collection frequently daydream about time. Children and teens want to speed it up so life can start. Grown-ups ask time to slow, or rewind to get some of it back.
