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10 Questions for C.Dale Young

10 Questions for C.Dale Young

It is easy to believe there are no flowersgrowing in the folds of sand stretching before us.Night has erased them. And the Blue Moondoes little to illuminate anything but the sand:—from “Blue Moon,” Volume 63, Issue 1 (Spring 2022) Tell us about one of the first pieces you wrote.One of the first . . .

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Westerners Have a Way. . .

Westerners Have a Way. . .

Editor’s note: On March 28, 2022, in Bowker Auditorium at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the UMass School of Earth & Sustainability, in partnership with the Fine Arts Center and the MFA Program for Poets and Writers convened a unique meeting of artists, climate and social scientists, and activists working at the intersection . . .

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The Last Letter in the Alphabet Of Lies

The Last Letter in the Alphabet Of Lies

Pure fabrication, interpretation, and lies. Where is the line between these different types of distortion of truth? And how deep have we sunk? In Russian, there is a word that suggests there is indeed a distinction: the word “vranio” means something between baloney and untruth, it is used to refer to a . . .

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10 Questions for Juhea Kim

10 Questions for Juhea Kim

My name is DeDe and I’m eleven years old. D-e, capital D-e. It’s not short for anything. My dad’s name is Bobby and that’s not short for anything either. Our names are similar, both made of two of the same consonant sounds. BO-Bby. DE-De.—from “Cockroach,” Volume 63, Issue 1 (Spring 2022) Tell . . .

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A Week with Zhadan (7)

A Week with Zhadan (7)

Serhiy Zhadan, reading in Kharkiv, March 21, 2022 Editor’s note: There are many ways to show solidarity with the people of Ukraine, and to stand for civilization, against barbarism. Over the last seven days, we’ve offered you a poem from Serhiy Zhadan, so that you will think of his words, and of . . .

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A Week with Zhadan (6)

A Week with Zhadan (6)

Serhiy Zhadan, reading in Kharkiv, March 21, 2022 Editor’s note: There are many ways to show solidarity with the people of Ukraine, and to stand for civilization, against barbarism. For the next seven days, we’ve decided to offer you a poem from Serhiy Zhadan, so that you will think of his words, . . .

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A Week with Zhadan (5)

A Week with Zhadan (5)

Serhiy Zhadan, reading in Kharkiv, March 21, 2022 Editor’s note: There are many ways to show solidarity with the people of Ukraine, and to stand for civilization, against barbarism. For the next seven days, we’ve decided to offer you a poem from Serhiy Zhadan, so that you will think of his words, . . .

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A Week with Zhadan (4)

A Week with Zhadan (4)

Serhiy Zhadan, reading in Kharkiv, March 21, 2022 Editor’s note: There are many ways to show solidarity with the people of Ukraine, and to stand for civilization, against barbarism. For the next seven days, we’ve decided to offer you a poem from Serhiy Zhadan, so that you will think of his words, . . .

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A Week with Zhadan (3)

A Week with Zhadan (3)

Serhiy Zhadan, reading in Kharkiv, March 21, 2022 Editor’s note: There are many ways to show solidarity with the people of Ukraine, and to stand for civilization, against barbarism. For the next seven days, we’ve decided to offer you a poem from Serhiy Zhadan, so that you will think of his words, . . .

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A Week with Zhadan (2)

A Week with Zhadan (2)

Serhiy Zhadan, reading in Kharkiv, March 21, 2022 Editor’s note: There are many ways to show solidarity with the people of Ukraine, and to stand for civilization, against barbarism. For the next seven days, we’ve decided to offer you a poem from Serhiy Zhadan, so that you will think of his words, . . .

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