"Across 'Edges & Fray,' I gather bright strands of language matter, meticulous, nearly abstract photographs of bird’s nests, and swathes of page-silence. With these materials, which are evidence both of building and unravel, I ask language to hold us as we scatter. Here, I offer a thread of memory to be taken up by the reader, plaited through the book and, perhaps more importantly, the reader’s own breath and remembering" Danielle Vogel on Edges & Fray |
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Resources for Supporting and Uplifting the Black Community Required Reading on Race: Black-owned indie bookstores recommend readings "which discuss racism, and the violent and complicated history between black and white people in America, using inventive storylines and moving prose." Campaign Zero: "We can live in a world where the police don't kill people by limiting police interventions, improving community interactions, and ensuring accountability." Black AIDS Institute: The mission of the Black AIDS Institute is "to stop the AIDS epidemic in black communities by engaging and mobilizing black institutions and individuals in efforts to confront HIV." |
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Poetry Daily stands with the Black community. We oppose racism, oppression, and police brutality. We will continue to amplify diverse voices in the poetry world. Black Lives Matter. |
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What Sparks Poetry: Michael Collier on Elizabeth Bishop's "The Fish" "Early in my encounter with poetry 'The Fish' taught me that description has the ability to consecrate and even transubstantiate what’s being looked at, especially if it’s an object or thing, like a fish. In Bishop’s poem, the moment of consecration takes place as the speaker considers his eyes and notices among other things how 'They shifted a little, but not/ to return my stare.'" |
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