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Aesthetic Drift #29: Chewing on the Words of Miami’s Incarcerated
Aesthetic Drift #29 by Avery Coffey Chewing on the Words of Miami’s Incarcerated As spring has arrived and we apprehensively wait for the new beginnings it has in store, O’Miami is finally able to host their annual poetry festival in Miami, Florida. Amongst the over sixty projects and events, they’ve chosen to partner with a… Continue reading
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Lost Chords & Serenades Divine #20: Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain (2020)
Lost Chords & Serenades Divine #20 by Stephen McClurg Gwenifer Raymond: Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain (2020) Gwenifer Raymond’s approach to fingerstyle guitar has an almost punk aesthetic, something she’s called Welsh Primitive, referencing the term American Primitive used to describe guitarists who play music influenced by the Delta blues and other folk styles as… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #93: Love and Errors
Buzzed Books #93 by Wanda Fuentes Kimberly Dark’s Love and Errors Kimberly Dark’s Love and Errors is an extremely compelling read that is enjoyable despite its heavy themes. Emotions rage on each page as victims, survivors, abusers, and bystanders perceive abuse differently, speaking to each other and themselves in the midst of being. Dark creates a world… Continue reading
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Episode 466: Maxim Loskutoff!
Episode 466 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). In this week’s show, I speak with Maxim Loskutoff about Montana and the messy importance of setting, the fecund symbolism of reality, and attending NYU’s creative… Continue reading
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The Diaries of a Sozzled Scribbler #28
The Diaries of a Sozzled Scribbler #28 as transcribed by Dmetri Kakmi 2 April 2021 How do you do, mein ubermensch? I have this minute returned from Mars. Why did I venture across such vast distances you ask? To meet Doctor Manhattan. Yes, the blue god himself from the Watchmen comics. Or ‘graphic novels’, as they… Continue reading
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Aesthetic Drift #28: The Festival For Poets: O, Miami!
Aesthetic Drift #38 by Avery Coffey The Festival For Poets: O, Miami! Coming from someone who has been in Miami for a total of three years, I still haven’t explored all that the city has to offer. There simply isn’t enough daylight to experience the ins and outs of it. However, one event I’ve heard… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #92: Red Comet: Heather Clark’s The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath
Buzzed Books #92 by Jan Elizabeth Watson Heather Clark’s Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath at nineteen, smiling broadly, her face scrunched into what Ted Hughes once described as a “tight ball of joy.” It was the photo on The Bell Jar’s back cover that hooked me first. Below that, a paragraph-long bio… Continue reading
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The Perfect Life #11: Risk a Verse
The Perfect Life #11 Dear Dr. Perfect, My girlfriend always wants me to listen to her read her poetry. At this point, listening to her recitations takes up about ten hours every week. I don’t know how she can write so much verse. Frankly, the poems aren’t that bad, but her stentorian reading voice raises… Continue reading
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