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The [novel’s] main question would be, How does a man stuck in resentment and anger at others and the world, who lacks a sense of belonging and sense of his usefulness in the world, find his way out of that?
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Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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Literary events in and around Philly this week!
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Literary events in and around Philly this week!
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Literary events in and around Philly this week!
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Literary events in and around Philly this week!
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Literary events in and around Philly this week!
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Literary events in and around Philly this week!
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Literary events in and around Philly this week!
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Literary events in and around Philly this week!
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Literary events in and around Philly this week!
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Literary events in and around Philly this week!
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Literary events in and around Philly this week!
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Literary events in and around Philly this week!
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Literary events in and around Philly this week!
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...moreTuesday 5/23: Shitty Energies Be Gone: A Chapbook Release Party for What Urge Will Save Us by Alina Pleskova. Featuring: Emma Sanders, Juliana Reyes, Amy Saul-Zerby, Nicole Steinberg, Faye Chevalier, and more. 7:30 p.m. at L’Etage. CommonSpace Live: Battlescars Story Slam. 8 p.m. at Fringe Arts.
...moreTuesday 3/28: Lithuania, NE-HI, and Laser Background. 7:30 p.m. at PhilaMOCA, $10. Moving Sale! 12 p.m.–8 p.m. at R&D Vinyl, free. Wednesday 3/29: Excuse My Dust: Poetry and Humor. Featuring: Gabriel Ojeda-Sague, Chris McCreary, and Nicole Yates. 7 p.m. at Good Good Comedy Theater, $5.
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Emma Sanders and Alina Pleskova charm us with their affection for each other, DIY ethos, and belief on Poetry Jawns, what matters is the work.
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Gina Myers reviews White Blight by Athena Farrokhzad translated by Jennifer Hayashida today in Rumpus Poetry.
...moreToday Each year I know less about myself but the insurance company knows how much my life is worth. This is for those who suffer & endure & laugh about it later. Someone asked, “where do you get your news from if you don’t have a teevee?” It is 7:36 a.m. & I have been […]
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Gina Myers reviews Maged Zaher’s Thank You For the Window Office today in Rumpus Books.
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The poems that make up this collection are largely about the interior—the speakers alone with their thoughts.
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From these two new books, the reader can gather that it isn’t just the day that is strong and can withstand change, but the same words can be applied to the speakers of these poems and to Myles herself.
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The poems run between lyric and narrative with many of them having a steam-of-conscious-like feel as the speaker makes leaps in ideas and imagery from line-to-line.
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And it is a voice—perhaps a bit apprehensive and damaged by experience—that seems willing to express it all, even the ugly and cruel.
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[An] unrequited love of language is demonstrated throughout The Hermit, as the speakers of the poems seem to continually give and love openly, but are often left hurting or alone—left to their prisons.
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When I listened to those songs I felt like I could do anything, and had a place to direct my aimless angers and frustrations.
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