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Jackie-O: I think, in their brains, if the law says that legal migrants (or actual citizens) that they hate are…
Given what Trump is doing to the CDC, I'm going to up my prediction and say that Trump will preside…
I've been saying for a long time that the fascists don't want legal immigration, either. RonF has claimed otherwise. RonF…
Of course Trump doesn't have unlimited power. It is important that we don't give up and do what we can…
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Author Archives: Richard Jeffrey Newman
What I’m Reading – Male Lust: Pleasure, Power, and Transformation
This book, Male Lust: Pleasure, Power, and Transformation, has been on my shelf since the early 2000s. Back then, it was at the top of my to-read list, but circumstances intervened and so I am only picking it up now. I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Gender and the Body, Sex
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Repost: Reading The Veil and The Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation of Women’s Rights in Islam, by Fatima Mernissi
About two-and-a-half years ago, I posted about Mernissi’s book because reading it was an instructive journey into my own ignorance about Islam, particularly about an aspect of that religion that, to put it mildly, sticks in the craw of many, … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Islamaphobia
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Craft Talk 1: Quincy Troupe’s Rhythm
I’ve been reading The Architecture of Language, by Quincy Troupe, and I have been fascinated by how rhythm and syntax interact in the way he builds his lines. Structurally, the poems remind me of nothing so much as jazz improvisation, … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
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Lines That Didn’t Make The Cut: Remembering Claudia
The revision process leaves every writer with bits and pieces of work that no longer belong to the poem or story or whatever where they first appeared. Sometimes these scraps and fragments grow to become full fledged works on their … Continue reading
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A Poem of Mine About Jackson Heights was Broadcast on WNYC!
In honor of National Poetry Month, WNYC challenged listeners to write tweet-length, original poems about the five boroughs. It makes me happy that my poem was among those chosen to appear on the air: Jackson Heights, where/⁰no one thinks it odd/⁰for Southern Baptists⁰/to … Continue reading
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The Ethics of Bearing Witness in Poetry to Violence and Trauma
The issues raised when one chooses to make literary art out of trauma are complex and, as have issues surrounding trauma in general, they have been getting more and more attention. Over at the Ploughshares blog, for example, Tracy Strauss has … Continue reading
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The Pleasure and Pain of Starting Over
One of the things I decided to do when I signed with Guernica Editions to publish my second full-length book of poetry was totally revamp my website, not just its look, but its organization and content as well. I’ve been … Continue reading
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