Leah Umansky Reading Two Poems
Continuing our series from our contributors to Issue 17.1, today we feature Leah Umansky, who reads her poems from our pages but also describes the project they’re from, Of Tyrant.
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Adam O. Davis on the Trip That Inspired a Poem
Contributor Adam O. Davis explains the impetus behind his poem in our pages, “Weather Apothecary,” and shares some illustrative photos.
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“Weather Apothecary” by Adam O. Davis
When at lastthe last fires burnt out upon the prairie,trains could be heard passing,mournful as...
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miCRO: “외계인 | Waygyein” by Kat Lewis
Kat Lewis’s “외계인 | Waygyein” is a heartbreaking meditation on the otherness inherent in being a stranger in a strange land.
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Video Version of an Artist’s Statement
We’re happy to be able to share this video version of Debra Ramsay’s artist’s statement, explaining her approach to the craft and her inspirations.
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miCRo: “Assistant Guide” by Mary Ardery
Mary Ardery’s flash autofiction piece “Assistant Guide” gives the reader a glimpse into the addiction recovery community, where the specter of relapse, and its attendant violence, looms large.
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Oscar Levant, in Performance
A series of clips from David Lazar to accompany his essay on Oscar Levant in our latest issue.
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excerpt from “My Two Oscars: On Melancholy and Wit” by David Lazar
ROSALIND: They say you are a melancholy fellow.JAQUES: I am so; I do love it better than...
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miCRo: “Magnets” by Laurie Clements Lambeth
In her poem “Magnets” Laurie Clements Lambeth grapples with a reality familiar to people in extended quarantine: brain fog, a sensation she describes as “dulled, not knowing what was flesh or air or where—;”
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Interview with Tanya Everett about A Dead Black Man
In playwright Tanya Everett’s A Dead Black Man, Everett gives voice to the idea of the dead black man, making him an essential character in the play. Thoroughly impressed and moved by Everett’s work, I’m grateful I had the opportunity to interview her in late May for The Cincinnati Review:
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