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Jessica Bansbach wrote a new blog post Zines in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 5 months ago

I’m surprised that in such a savvy course such as this, we’ve somehow totally circumvented the subject of zines. Zines are small, largely individually produced “magazines” (though many, if not most, tend to be […]
Jessica Bansbach wrote a new blog post Slang in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 6 months ago

Slang as a concept is fascinating – little verbal workarounds and implied connotations to construe a concept. It is not always used for the best means – how many slang terms were created on sexist, racist, […]
Jessica Bansbach wrote a new blog post The Sketchbook Project in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 6 months ago

There’s a potential source of inspiration that some of you might be interested in checking out. The Brooklyn Art Library serves a very specific function to its local and global community – it is the physical […]
Jessica Bansbach wrote a new blog post Tumblr “Vent Art” in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 6 months ago

In Tumblr’s high times before the adult content ban forced away most of its users (fun fact, I am quoted by name as a “furby enthusiast” in Vox Media’s article covering the debacle), there existed a form of “art” […]
Jessica Bansbach wrote a new blog post Universality in Poetry in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 6 months ago

It’s an inevitability that you encounter poet Phillip Larkin’s piece “This Be the Verse” at some point within your poetry career. Sometimes it’s an embittered eleventh English teacher who shows it to you partly […]
Jessica Bansbach wrote a new blog post I Guess It Has to Come From Somewhere in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 7 months ago

What’s the reasoning behind my impulse to write poetry; who is the little man behind the green curtain? It’s probably the same inclination that made me gay; or it could be the flu shot. That time my baby-fat ank […]
Jessica Bansbach wrote a new blog post Papercuts in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 7 months ago

I am what may be gently referred to as a “packrat”. Any harsher than that and I’ll get too defensive for you to convince me to edge the Vogue Magazine back issues I’ve been hoarding under my bed for some time no […]

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