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Author Archives: Aray
Poetry Like Bread? Thoughts at the DNC Special Salon on Writing and Politics
by Sara Aboulafia “The crossroads of poetry and politics is a place where craft encounters commitment, where the spirit of dissent encounters the imagination, where we labor to create a … Continue reading
Whumping, Purling, Seething! A Dispatch from Provincetown
Awoke this morning to find an email from a poet. It read: “Amanda dear, I wish I had a camera to take a picture of your cottage right now, because … Continue reading
Provincetown – Sunday or Some Such
Days have a tendency to blend together when you don’t have time-specific obligations, when you’re free to just wake up, drink tea, try to write, drink tea, try to write, … Continue reading
Provincetown, Some Monday
Woke up this morning feeling like I might have gotten into some debauchery…but no. I was just worn out from a late night of playing charades. I wish I were … Continue reading
Provincetown Day 20
I’ll begin this dispatch by listing a few fantastic things about Provincetown: 1. It’s a pedestrian town—the entire population gets out for an afternoon amble, and cars simply have to … Continue reading
Provincetown Day 10
Still, no debauchery. There’s been some ping pong, a little cancelled whale watching, some homemade clam chowdah (not homemade by me, of course) some baseball watching (not by me, of … Continue reading
Provincetown, Day 4
One arrives in Provincetown having heard much about its strangeness: the colorful and clannish locals, the dreary winters, the feeling of isolation. One also hears a lot about artist’s colonies: … Continue reading
