Paula Mendoza – Michigan Quarterly Review

Paula Mendoza

Intimacy, and Maureen McLane’s My Poets

* Paula Mendoza *

I’m fascinated by the phenomenon of literary intimacy—the relationship between a reader and the literature they love—and in particular, the intimacy between a poetry reader, and the poets they admire.

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* Paula Mendoza *

I’m fascinated by the phenomenon of literary intimacy—the relationship between a reader and the literature they love—and in particular, the intimacy between a poetry reader, and the poets they admire.

The Long Haul

* Paula Mendoza *

At the time, I was only dimly aware of the work that house members, reproductive rights activists, and other civic minded people were doing to call attention to, and prevent the passage of, this bill. That night I was to be thrown into the thick of it.

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* Paula Mendoza *

At the time, I was only dimly aware of the work that house members, reproductive rights activists, and other civic minded people were doing to call attention to, and prevent the passage of, this bill. That night I was to be thrown into the thick of it.

Difficult Poetry and Sarah Vap’s End of the sentimental journey

The subject of accessibility often frustrates me because, even as I’m incensed or impassioned by defenses or admonishments of “difficult poetry,” the surrounding discussion has ever felt like a red herring.

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The subject of accessibility often frustrates me because, even as I’m incensed or impassioned by defenses or admonishments of “difficult poetry,” the surrounding discussion has ever felt like a red herring.

Antena, Language Justice, and Poetry

* Paula Mendoza *

‘Language Justice’ is a term I was wholly unfamiliar with before this encounter. Hearing those two words together, and thinking of what it had to do with this magic book bike, sent a charge through my brain.

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* Paula Mendoza *

‘Language Justice’ is a term I was wholly unfamiliar with before this encounter. Hearing those two words together, and thinking of what it had to do with this magic book bike, sent a charge through my brain.

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