Henry Dumas, 1934-1968, did not die by a spaceship or flying saucer or outer space at all but was shot down, at 33, by a New York City Transit policeman, will be shot down, May 23rd, coming home, in just 6 days, by a New York City Transit policeman in the subway station singing & […]
Because I wanted to write a poem that would make me push away from the table & say Damn, & turn my face, even though I never say that word. Say Look, this is your saddest thing. That’s all. Your first & only saddest thing. This is the hole that never closed. This is your […]
Aracelis Girmay, author of Teeth (Curbstone Press, 2007), talks about her writing time.
Aracelis Girmay, author of Teeth (Curbstone Press, 2007), talks about working aloud when she writes.