Posts Tagged: Kenji Liu

Notable Los Angeles: 7/2–7/8

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Literary events in and around L.A. this week!

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Notable Los Angeles: 5/28–6/3

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Literary events and readings in and around L.A. this week!

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National Poetry Month Day 29: “Deconstruction: Citizenship” by Kenji Liu

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Deconstruction: Citizenship Have you ever been a member of or in any way associated either directly or indirectly with? Indirectly a biometric hazard, activate. Associated with a cold rubber stamp. Are we within earshot of a dissection table? Your eagle describes each tremor of the splay. Country and body at right angles. A constant misspelling […]

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Weekend Rumpus Roundup

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Star Trek II, The Wrath of Khan, was Jen Girdish’s first brush with Leonard Nimoy’s mortality. Nimoy’s role as the famously stoic Spock captures Girdish’s attention in the Saturday Essay and serves as a nostalgic lens through which she examines her late father’s life. She wonders if Nimoy’s legacy offered them both the chance for “magical thinking.” Then, […]

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