“FF Coppola may have thought he was being rad And that’s bullshit Being rad would tell the truth about U.S. atrocities As SOP Not some vicious Viet Cong anti-inoculation bullshit But we don’t wanna think…
The following correspondence is from Thomas McKanna, who is taking my Social Justice seminar at Maryville University. He wrote a reflection on The Book of Mev to his friend Matthew. Hi Matthew, As I told you…
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It was a cri de coeur, an alarm, a vision. Its structure matched its energy which seemed the voices of many, not one. It was a rhizomic collage, just like life, a pastiche of the…
There is a notion of “passing it on,” that simple. One to one. Elder to younger perhaps. That “poetry is news,” that the inspiration for any work you do and the work you do as…
Out back waiting for Claire; Gelateria on South Grand
In 1969 or 1970, I began to re-evaluate my whole concept of what I wanted my music to say…. I was very much affected by letters my brother was sending me from Vietnam, as well…
I’ve had the amazing opportunity of leading this year’s My name is Strong, an anti-violence community arts initiative and awareness campaign uniting people in creative protest and healing in response to power-based and intersectional violence….
I meditate to calm my rampaging mind I meditate to focus on clear image of you smiling in Tahoe I meditate on words (translated) of Wang Yang-ming I meditate to be able to be present…
One reader of an early draft of Dear Layla Welcome to Palestine Wrote me with characteristic candor: “Damn you! It fucking hurt to read this book And thank you! It was the final push I…