August 2016
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Hold the Fort/ Jen Fitzgerald
Originally posted on RABBLE LIT: Hold the fort For we are coming… I.W.W. Battle Song ? ? Mallet men of manifest destiny keep time; women waulking tweed keep time; rhythmic stomps, knocks of cloth on plank; a song; if we still raised our voices like progeny; like singing lineage; the fluid life of memory; inheritance;…
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The Poetics of Resistance
Originally posted on Visitant: On Friday, January 20, 2017, I witnessed what will from here on out be known as a National Day of Patriotic Resistance, or, a poetry reading. All throughout last Friday, I would peek at social media (I have to be on the Twitter and the Facebook for my job), observe the juxtaposition…
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Sundress Picks for Our Favorite Books of 2016
The Sundress Blog We asked our editors, staff members, and authors to share with us their favorite books, of any genre, that were published in 2016. Below is a sampling of what they shared with us. We hope you find our spectrum of picks inspiring, and a much-needed kickstart to 2017. From all of us at…
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A Day in the Life
Originally posted on On the Blink: Today an instructor I’ve never met before walked into our shared office. We had the following exchange. Colleague: Hello. You teach here? Me: Good morning. Yes. I teach writing. Colleague: And you’re blind? Me: Yes. Colleague: So…do you have any assistance in the classroom? Me: No, not really. Colleague:…
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Front Lines of the Academic Precariat: LIU Brooklyn Faculty Still Locked Out
Originally posted on ACADEME BLOG: BY DEBORAH MUTNICK Day 3 of the LIU lockout. Labor Day. I have been locked out of Long Island University’s Brooklyn campus by an administration that makes my colleagues and me feel like poster children for the neoliberal corporatization of higher education. We have lost our health care and other…
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Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie and Fox Frazier-Foley in Conversation about Strut
Originally posted on Agape Editions: Fox Frazier-Foley, founding editor-in-chief of Agape Editions, chats with Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie about her poetry collection Strut (Agape Editions, 2018), the process of choosing the right press, and how her collection found its home with Agape. Fox Frazier-Foley: Hi! Ready to talk a little bit about Strut? Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie:…
Jen Fitzgerald 