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The Beat of the Poem: Talking with Tatiana Figueroa Ramirez

  • Hannah Grieco
  • January 27, 2020
Tatiana Figueroa Ramirez discusses her debut poetry collection, COCONUT CURLS Y CAFÉ CON LECHE.
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The Storming Bohemian Punks the Muse #7: The Art of the Accidental Selfie

  • Charles Kruger
  • October 7, 2016
One recent hot weekday afternoon, I told my partner—the guy who created the “Punk the Muse” logo and draws its cartoons—that I wanted to get out and about. We’d been…
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Finding Your Voice

  • Stephanie Bento
  • October 5, 2016
Authenticity of voice can only come from authentic work. And authentic work doesn’t come from the head; it’s an outgrowth of authentic feeling. In a post for the Ploughshares blog,…
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Reexamined

  • Sam Riley
  • June 15, 2011
Behind The Autobiography of Malcolm X, there is a discussion over whether or not the book is an authentic depiction “of a martyred black icon or a sly act of…
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Authenticity And The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

  • Seth Fischer
  • October 25, 2009
“In the 1980s, arguments about the Rock Hall reflected many people’s discomfort with the insider mood of those dinners and the idea that pop music (and especially rock) could support…
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