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On Disabled Rage and Pleasure: What Last Ditch Gets Right

Poetry and ritual event at 10 Forward (now Last Ditch) in 2022, author’s own collection. A little over two weeks ago, the small town where I live—Greenfield, Massachusetts—made national news. The Boston Globe had caught wind of community conflict at our local lesbian bar, Last Ditch, and was airing it out to . . .

Interview + Reading with Kevin D. Jordan (text + audio)

Editor’s Note: The following is an edited transcription of a larger Zoom interview, available in-full below. Kevin D. Jordan reads from his story, “The Forest as Witness” (Volume 67, issue 3), from 9:08–12:00. Tell us about yourself and your relationship to writing. It’s been a long and gradual road for me. In . . .

A Witness to Genocide

Sami al-Ajrami, author of The Keys to My House: A Gaza Diary On October 20, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. in the UMass Honors College events hall, I’ll be hosting a presentation by co-author Anna Lombardi (in person) and author Sami al-Ajrami (via Zoom) of the latter’s The Keys to My House: A . . .

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