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K. Olivia Cockerham edited the blog post Revision Note to Self in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 3 months ago
“the em dash is a people pleaser and will not turn down any of your numerous requests to use it even when its presence is not needed which is why you must be the adult in that relationship”
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William Antonelli edited the blog post Weekend Wisdom from Poet Paige Lewis: in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 3 months ago
Poets! Use moons in your poems! Use birds & flowers & oceans! Don’t trust anyone who says “Poetry has had enough of these things.” Because what they’re actually saying is “I have had enough of these things.” & how could anyone who’s “had enough of the moon” be right about poetry?
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Jonathan Kalman edited the blog post Oankali and Humanity in the group American Studies: 6 years, 4 months ago
One of the main questions formed when reading Octavia Butler’s Lilith’s Brood trilogy, is, “what does it mean to be human?”. Within this work, an alien species called the Oankali, find the Earth nearly destroyed by a nuclear war and try to preserve what is left of humanity. The Oankali do this by incorporating some of their own DNA into the rem…[Read more]