Aesthetic Drift
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Aesthetic Drift #24: On Steven Moffat’s Dracula
Aesthetic Drift #24 by Michael W. Merriam On Steven Moffat’s Dracula I often resent television. I feel better compensated for my time when I listen to audio drama or read books. When I saw there was a new Dracula series on Netflix, I knew I’d only want to see it if somehow Steven Moffat had Continue reading
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Aesthetic Drift #23: On Finally Reading The Outsiders
Aesthetic Drift #23 by Stephen McClurg On Finally Reading The Outsiders One way I disappointed my high school students was by not reading one of their favorites: S. E. Hinton’s The Outsiders. One particular student, Caroline, frequently reminded me how guilty I should feel for not reading the book she loved. I promised her some thoughts Continue reading
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Aesthetic Drift #22: Celestial 57
Aesthetic Drift #22 by Chelsey Clammer Celestial 57 The stars vibrated above me. Within me. Synchrony. At 2 a.m. I would walk back to my truck at seventeen, eighteen, nineteen years old, having come from a concert, the music still clamoring along my bones. Late ’90s, downtown Austin, where my favorite band, Sister 7, Continue reading
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Aesthetic Drift #20: Poetry in Pajamas
Aesthetic Drift #20 by Rose Lopez O, Miami’s Poetry in Pajamas As parents, my husband and I are constantly looking for things we can do with our kids. So when I first look over the calendar of events for the O, Miami Poetry Festival, I know right away we’ll check out their Poetry in Pajamas Continue reading
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Aesthetic Drift #19: The Underdog Saga: An Afternoon of Poetry and Baseball
Aesthetic Drift #19 by Rose Lopez The Underdog Saga: An Afternoon of Poetry and Baseball April 6, 2019 In October 2017, my husband and I moved with our daughter from Germany back to Miami. We’d been gone from the city nearly seven years. But I have been following O, Miami since at least 2011. Back Continue reading
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Aesthetic Drift #18: O, Miami!
Aesthetic Drift #18 by Freesia McKee O, Miami! When you move to a new city and tell strangers that you’re a poet, brace yourself for reactions like, “Do you actually make money?” and “I don’t really get poetry.” But when you tell strangers in Miami that you’re a poet, they tend to say, “Have you Continue reading
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Aesthetic Drift #17: A Truckload of Corpses, or Violence’s Meaning in Narrative
Aesthetic Drift #17 by Brontë Bettencourt A Truckload of Corpses, or Violence’s Meaning in Narrative I am haunted by Tokyo Ghoul. The anime’s pacing was slow and dull and the finale was a hot mess, but one scene left me intrigued and horrified. Kaneki Ken has a good heart but no backbone. He is a recently Continue reading
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Aesthetic Drift #16: How to Read the Entire Dark Tower Series while Still Having a Life
Aesthetic Drift #16 by Don Peteroy How to Read the Entire Dark Tower Series while Still Having a Life 1. I’ve already lied to you. This essay’s title has little to do with what I’ve actually written. I was thirty-seven when I decided I’d attempt to read every Stephen King novel. I’d made a half-ass Continue reading
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Aesthetic Drift #15: An Out of Mind Experience (The Excellence of Simon Vance)
Aesthetic Drift #15 by Dale Lucas An Out of Mind Experience: The Excellence of Simon Vance It’s often said that writing should be its own reward. But, here’s the thing that people forget: there is another level of satisfaction and validation attainable only when the book is printed by kind strangers at faraway publishing houses, given Continue reading
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