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Julia Merante joined the group Unplugged 4 years, 5 months ago
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Julia Merante wrote a new blog post What I Want For My Birthday in the group The Contemporary Poem: 5 years, 4 months ago
For my birthday, every year, I usually get some great gifts from my friends (consisting of clothes, make-up, alcohol) — you know, the usual. We go to a nice dinner, take some photos and call it a day. But, with […]
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Julia Merante commented on the post, , on the groupblog The Contemporary Poem 5 years, 4 months ago
Natalie,
I love captions. Captions literally ARE poetry — and I love playing with words and making a goooood caption. My friends always come to me for advice, and for a funny caption. Not to toot my own horn […]
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Julia Merante wrote a new blog post A Poet Who Inspires Me in the group The Contemporary Poem: 5 years, 4 months ago
A poet who constantly inspires me (I think I’ve written about him before — probably. I write A LOT of blog posts, remember?). SO — this poet is Kaveh Akbar, and his collection of poems is Calling A Wolf A Wolf. […]
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Julia Merante commented on the post, Intersectionality in Poetry, on the groupblog The Contemporary Poem 5 years, 4 months ago
Bri,
I first heard the word ‘intersectionality’ in my Sociology 210 class. It was a question on my study guide — “what does the intersectionality of race and class mean for working class families” — or […]
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Julia Merante commented on the post, Body as Political, on the groupblog The Contemporary Poem 5 years, 5 months ago
Mya,
I feel the same way regarding political poems. As I stated in class, I feel as though I don’t have the agency to write them. I don’t feel informed or ‘qualified’ to write a politically charged poem. This […]
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Julia Merante wrote a new blog post About The Book I Stole… in the group The Contemporary Poem: 5 years, 5 months ago
So about that book… that I uh… ‘borrowed’.
Just kidding, it will be put back safe and sound next week (most likely).
You see here, Maria Lima is my adviser — and never have I ever had a meeting on time […]
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Julia Merante commented on the post, ~through~ on a bicycle, on the groupblog The Contemporary Poem 5 years, 5 months ago
Natalie,
1) Your drawing was INCREDIBLE, thank you for bringing another one of your many talents to Wednesday nights.
2) This reading of Through is very sophisticated. I know you talked about this concept in […] -
Julia Merante wrote a new blog post Embarking On A New Journey… (Genre) in the group The Contemporary Poem: 5 years, 5 months ago
Next semester, I have decided to branch out. Well not really, my main motivation behind that decision is because I almost, basically have to. With the rule that you cannot take three of the same genre workshops in […]
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Julia Merante commented on the post, “Through” and Borderlands, on the groupblog The Contemporary Poem 5 years, 5 months ago
Connor,
I think this is a very interesting comparison of books. I too can relate Through by Herd to Calling A Wolf A Wolf by Kaveh Akbar — one of my new favorite books and poets. Both have to do with an […]
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Julia Merante wrote a new blog post Watch // Time // Through in the group The Contemporary Poem: 5 years, 5 months ago
Time is movement. It is a passage of space and momentum and feeling and importance. Chronologically speaking, this is most vital conversion in human existence (in my opinion), because we can learn SO MUCH from […]
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Julia Merante wrote a new blog post I Am Trying To Become Smarter… Weird, I Know. in the group The Contemporary Poem: 5 years, 5 months ago
Ok SO —
I watch a lot of Criminal Minds, let’s start there. Whether listening to Reid spit out amazing, random facts that he learned from a book he read once years ago, or listening to Blake know the root of […]
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Julia Merante commented on the post, txt talk, on the groupblog The Contemporary Poem 5 years, 5 months ago
Natalie,
I love your flip phone. This summer I had a very similar revelation… after getting in a dumb texting fight with one of my friends I was literally ready to throw my phone out the window. I HATE […]
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Julia Merante commented on the post, What are My Organic Thoughts?, on the groupblog The Contemporary Poem 5 years, 6 months ago
Mya,
Where I can really feel your poems being unique to you is specifically within “Winter Girl”. I think this poem has some common, worldly themes incorporated into it, yet there were some distinct, and […]
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Julia Merante wrote a new blog post Why I Write 11 Blogs A Week in the group The Contemporary Poem: 5 years, 6 months ago
I get paid to write. Thank God.
When trying to find a flexible, noble, cool, and paying job on campus — my pickings were slim. Last semester, I came into contact with a GREAT opportunity. It was to be an […]
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Julia Merante wrote a new blog post Like Carbon in the group The Contemporary Poem: 5 years, 6 months ago
Carbon is in anything living; it is organic. The pure forms of carbon are either graphite, or diamond. One dark, grainy, breakable; the other being strong, clear, and untouchable.
Our discussion on the organic […]
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Julia Merante commented on the post, The naive poet and erotic poetry, on the groupblog The Contemporary Poem 5 years, 6 months ago
Daniel,
This is so interesting for me to read. I know you and I haven’t been in a workshop together, so you are not familiar with my writing. As Bre mentioned yesterday in class while looking at my “Closeted” […]
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Julia Merante commented on the post, for the stuck, on the groupblog The Contemporary Poem 5 years, 6 months ago
Natalie,
I LOVE this. Used bookstores are my kryptonite. This makes me so happy that you ‘stocked’ up on books. Every time I go on vacation I ‘accidentally’ wander into a bookstore of sorts on a boardwalk or […]
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Julia Merante wrote a new blog post Week 3: Being a TA for Intro to Creative Writing in the group The Contemporary Poem: 5 years, 6 months ago
This is the third week of school, and for me it is my third week of being a Teaching Assistant for Caroline in English 201. It is going well… I think.
On the first day, we went through the syllabus–and that […]
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Julia Merante commented on the post, On Finding a Distinct Writing Style, on the groupblog The Contemporary Poem 5 years, 6 months ago
Danielle,
It was amazing reading that packet of beautiful poetry. I could identify Abby and Natalie’s poem with ease. Their styles are gorgeous and incredibly unique. After reading a semester’s worth of your […]
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