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A Community Can Look Pretty Dangerous While It’s Redefining What’s Possible

If you only looked at the ways the University of Michigan and the press covered the encampments on the Diag, you would probably think of them as fortresses, rigidly divided from the campus community, both physically and politically. That was the justification for campus police attacking protestors and destroying the site on the morning of

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If you only looked at the ways the University of Michigan and the press covered the encampments on the Diag, you would probably think of them as fortresses, rigidly divided from the campus community, both physically and politically. That was the justification for campus police attacking protestors and destroying the site on the morning of

Cover image of Bread and Circus against a dark blue background

The Self as Subject: An Interview with Airea D. Matthews

When I learned that Airea’s new collection Bread and Circus was forthcoming, I immediately reached out and asked for the opportunity to discuss what I knew would be a masterful work. She said yes. I was not wrong. I am so excited to share our conversation with you!

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When I learned that Airea’s new collection Bread and Circus was forthcoming, I immediately reached out and asked for the opportunity to discuss what I knew would be a masterful work. She said yes. I was not wrong. I am so excited to share our conversation with you!

Poet Anders Carlson Wee portrait surrounded by cover Disease of Kings

Gratitude in the Margins: An Interview with Anders Carlson-Wee

As his every emotion—low and high—burns, Disease of Kings paints an intimate, tenebristic portrait of the artist as a young man who chooses material poverty only to unearth, finally, spiritual wealth.

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As his every emotion—low and high—burns, Disease of Kings paints an intimate, tenebristic portrait of the artist as a young man who chooses material poverty only to unearth, finally, spiritual wealth.

Lessons from the Gaza Solidarity Encampment: A pedagogy of Solidarity

I have found that the land is fragile, and the sea, light; I have learnt that language and metaphor are not enough to restore place to a place… The essential thing for me is that I have found a greater lyrical capacity, a passage from the relative to the absolute, an opening for me to

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I have found that the land is fragile, and the sea, light; I have learnt that language and metaphor are not enough to restore place to a place… The essential thing for me is that I have found a greater lyrical capacity, a passage from the relative to the absolute, an opening for me to

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