The Hope of Time: Talking with Judith H. Montgomery
Judith H. Montgomery discusses her latest poetry collection, MERCY.
...moreJudith H. Montgomery discusses her latest poetry collection, MERCY.
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...moreThere was no map, no compass. Just me, the needle, and heroin.
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...moreIn 1979, my mother decided she wanted to join Bhagwan’s ashram in Pune, India.
...moreThere is an acceptance of the strangeness of things in these poems, even a generosity big enough to invite the oracle in for dinner.
...moreThe story of Rajneeshpuram is told in a series of events and everything within it is true. But it is not real. It does not come alive.
...moreOne thing I was taught about travel—because my father is a black man born in Alabama in 1950—was that there are safe places for black people to go and places that aren’t as safe.
...moreOne person’s freedom to do anything they want can mean the absolute negation of another’s freedom.
...moreRene Denfeld discusses her latest book, The Child Finder, the ways in which trauma traps us, and the important role of imagination in finding resilience and escape.
...moreI used to play a game with myself: who should die first, me or daddy? When I was very little, I could never come up with a good answer.
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...moreJon Raymond is one of Portland’s finest wordsmiths. His writing spans TV, film, short story, novel, art criticism, and a hefty array of magazine work. His new novel, Freebird, is the story of a Californian Jewish family entangled in clashing politics, unspoken histories, and personal dissolve. The Singers are Holocaust survivor Sam, his contemptuous children, […]
...moreFor a moment, seeing the small figures walking before the elk makes me think that white people know the Great Elk too.
...moreAlice Mattison discusses her newest book, The Kite and the String, a meditation on her lifelong journey through the craft of writing, the joys of teaching writing, and the importance of community.
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