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Pulitzer Remix: Week 1

I’m posting my Pulitzer Remix poems over on the project site, but here’s a roundup of the first week! The first five days, I created black-out poems. These pieces were all creative stretches for me; I...

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Poet About Town

April! Meaning National Poetry Month, the Big Poetry Giveaway, and a slew of other fun poetry events. This weekend, between my birthday, a co-worker’s birthday, and probably having to put in some time...

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Pulitzer Remix, Week 2

Over at last week’s Pulitzer Remix roundup, Drew Myron asked me to describe more about the Remix rules and the composing process. And I’m happy to oblige! The two big Pulitzer Remix rules are as...

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What I’ve been reading

I’ve been on a real Sandra Cisneros kick lately. I just re-read Loose Woman (one of my all-time favorite collections), I’ll be starting Woman Hollering Creek sometime this week, and I have My Wicked...

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Neighborhood Dogs

I don’t always post Jon’s demos on my blog…but when I do, it’s because it’s one of the best songs I’ve ever heard. So without further ado….

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Pulitzer Remix, Weeks 3 and 4.

April has been a busy month, with little time for blogging. So I slacked off on linking to the Pulitzer Remix poems. But it’s the last night of this project, so time for one more roundup! April 15th:...

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Feminist Friday: Kelli Russell Agodon, “Respect Our Girls”

On Tuesdays, poet Kelli Russell Agodon does a post called “Confession Tuesday.”  Confessions are about writing, family, travel…just about anything. This past Tuesday’s post, the Respect Our Girls...

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Feminist Friday: On Not Hitting on People

There has been quite a bit of discussion, at least on my part of the internet, on why hitting on people is not necessarily welcome. This is an issue that seems to cause a lot of misunderstanding, so...

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We did it!

Merch table! What a weekend. The Austin Feminist Poetry Festival took place this weekend. After having a day to decompress, I am filled with so much gratitude. I cannot express enough thanks to...

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Poet About Town

June is going to be a delightfully busy month. I’ll be staying local, so Austinites, come on out! On June 3rd, I’ll be reading at Austin Salon Poetic, hosted by Michael Aaron Casares. The event takes...

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Ready

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We won’t go back

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Video from the Capitol last night

Note: Long, thoughtful post coming soon. But I’m running on very little sleep and very high emotions, so my thoughts aren’t coalescing just yet. In the meantime, enjoy some protest video clips.

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Feminist Every Day

  Last night was rough. I arrived at the Capitol just before 8. A security guard told me I wasn’t allowed to bring my water in, which was ridiculous, because I could look into the rotunda and see...

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Feminist Friday: Austin Voter Registration Round-Up

If you’ve been following the news around Texas (and many other parts of the country), you know it’s been quite a week. Rick Perry signed new abortion restrictions into law yesterday morning. I...

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Poet About Town: August Open Mics

I’m excited to be the featured poet at two excellent open mics this month. First, I’ll be featuring at the BookWoman Second Thursday Open Mic on August 8th. The reading starts at 7:15, and is followed...

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Introducing Choice: Texas, A Very Serious Game

About a year ago, I became dissatisfied with the lack of political presence in my art. Although a feminist, I rarely enjoy engaging with political issues when creating art. Politics frequently exhausts...

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Poem up at New Verse News

A few months ago, the New York Times ran an interactive piece called “Last Words of the Condemned,” which featured some of the last words of death row inmates in Texas.  I wrote a found poem using only...

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David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, and Empathy

A few years ago, I participated in a reading experience called Infinite Summer, in which one attempts to read all of Infinite Jest between Memorial Day and Labor Day. I accomplished the goal, but did...

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Good Things Coming to an End

I started Literary Austin in 2010 as a way to engage with the local literary community when I didn’t feel that I yet had a place in it. When I was still trying to find my place as a literary citizen,...

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