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media debate • books • movies

It's a poem about the transformational power of speaking out in the face of thousands of 'fans' booing you.

why I write • faith • visual art

In many of my interviews, I asked people whether they thought there was a telepathic element to creating art.

advice • teaching • interviews

Lines don’t come cheap or easy. It just sounds as if they do.

fiction • memoir • writer's life

One time I do skip one, but Mamma and Mr. Leon are on the blanket smiling at each other and don’t see.

featured poets • poetry spotlights

Whatever kind of poetry you write, it’s hard not to get discouraged.

from adoption to writerly sins...

I don’t believe we get to pick and choose whose struggle for civil rights we align ourselves with.