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There is No Final Word [by Vincent Katz]
For my final Guest Author post (already!) I am going to do a survey of things I see around my desk that are inspiring me as I look out the windows at water dripping…
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Celebrating the Best American Poetry 2018 at Villanova University: February 6, 2019 5:00 PM
Connelly Center Cinema 6:15 (St. David’s Room) Reception and Book Signing to follow the reading This event is sponsored by the Honors Program, the Villanova Center for Liberal Education, the Department of English, and…
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Satire in the Offing? [by Vincent Katz]
I am thinking about satire. The literary genre, not the political kind, though that can be useful as well. In these times, comedy can be the thing that really helps us survive. And most…
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“Meltwater Pulse” and Other Possible Futures: The Extinction Art of Sofía Córdova [by Katie Peyton]
I’ve been looking at a lot of art about death lately. It isn’t hard to find. A close friend is drawn to art about despair: dystopia, satirical monuments, a pointing-out of destruction and consequences.…
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The Poetry of Rock’n’Roll [by Vincent Katz]
Aaron Johnson as John Lennon in Nowhere Boy (2009) “I was writing poetry and singing since she [his aunt Mimi, with whom he lived] had me. All the time I used to fight and…
