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Liz Louie wrote a new blog post Not Poetry….? in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 5 months ago

One thing that has me unhappy is that I have already taken two poetry workshops, and therefore need to take a workshop that isn’t poetry. Moving away from what makes me comfortable has always been something I t […]
Liz Louie wrote a new blog post Source from Written Works in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 6 months ago

I like to think that I have a fairly full and diverse bookshelf, both at college and at home. Some of these titles can easily reflect in my work, some of them can’t. Each has a certain aspect that can be viewed a […]
Liz Louie wrote a new blog post Contemplations on Submissions in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 6 months ago

I submitted pieces to The New Yorker and Catharsis, two VERY different publications, this evening. I was bored and decided to have a little fun. Here are some notes on that experience.

1: Writing a cover […]
Liz Louie wrote a new blog post Why Do I Do This? in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 7 months ago

I have said it once, and I’ll say it again, I have a vengeance against Sylvia Plath. Make me read her, and I will vomit on the pages, leak black from my goddamn pores. But, I do have to thank her for starting t […]
Liz Louie wrote a new blog post Annotated Bibliography of Poetic Sources in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 7 months ago

“It’s Such a Beautiful Day”, dir Hertzfeldt, Don, produc. Bitter Films, distr. Cinemad Presents. USA, 2012. Film.

A man named Bill struggles with his health and failing brain as his memories slip out of his h […]
Liz Louie wrote a new blog post Inspiration, or Lack Thereof in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 10 months ago

Sometimes an idea comes from a dream. Sometimes it comes from a glance at something new and exciting. Sometimes it doesn’t come at all. Those can be the scariest and most anxiety inducing moments, but not to […]
Liz Louie wrote a new blog post Music as Poetry in the group The Contemporary Poem: 6 years, 12 months ago

I find a lot of solace in the sounds that come out of my headphones. Coming back to Geneseo has been something I long awaited during the summer, and the moment I arrive back, things start to go downhill. Not due […]
Liz Louie edited the blog post Invasive: tending to intrude on a person’s thoughts or privacy in the group The Contemporary Poem: 7 years ago

Much of my writing is based around an intrusive thought. There are always moments in my day where I see something that will remind me of someone or something that I want to push far back into my consciousness; […]
Liz Louie edited the blog post On Religion and African Tradition in the group American Studies: 8 years ago

While reading through Hegel’s piece, I could not believe what I was reading with my own two eyes. Phrases such as “the negro, as already observed, exhibits the natural man in his completely wild and unt […]

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