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Brenna Twohy slams it out of the park with her poem ‘Fantastic Breasts and Where to Find Them’ September 2, 2014 – Posted in: Content, Visuals

Don’t you give me raw meatand tell me it is nourishment,I know a slaughterhouse when I see one – Brenna Twohy Hailing from Portland, Oregon Brenna Twohy’s performance was one of the highlights of the 2014 National Poetry Slam take took place in Oakland last month. Her poem ‘Fantastic Breasts and Where to Find Them,’ a powerful combination that is part homage to Harry Potter and part feminist response to porn and male aggression, is a stark…

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Of Interest: Inside Charlie’s Chocolate Factory, Cascadia, Poems from the Typewriter, Virility Rituals… August 24, 2014 – Posted in: Content, Of Interest: Featured Books / Reviews

Inside Charlie’s Chocolate Factory: The Complete Story of Willy Wonka, the Golden Ticket, and Roald Dahl’s Most Famous Creation by Lucy Mangan. Foreword by Sophie Dahl. Puffin Books, 2014. Looking for a nice way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Roald Dahl’s classic,  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? Inside Charlies’s Chocolate Factory provides a in-depth look at the life of this classic. From its publishing history to the history of its illustrators to the movie adaptations to the overall impact the…

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Maya Angelou: Another Great Tree Falls May 29, 2014 – Posted in: Content

Amiri Baraka, Maya Angelou, and Toni Morrison at James Baldwin’s funeral, December 1987 In 1987 Maya Angelou wrote this poem upon hearing of James Baldwin’s passing and read it at his funeral.   “When Great Trees Fall” by Maya Angelou  When great trees fall,rocks on distant hills shudder,lions hunker downin tall grasses,and even elephantslumber after safety.When great trees fallin forests,small things recoil into silence,their senseseroded beyond fear.When great souls die,the air around us becomeslight, rare,…

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Easter with Yeats March 31, 2013

Easter, 1916. by W.B. Yeats. 4to, original bright green printed wrappers.  Easter, 1916, the first publication of one of Yeats’ greatest poems, and the rarest of all of the poet’s publications. The Easter Rising and the Proclamation of the Irish Republic began on Monday, April 24, and lasted until April 30, 1916. Of the uprising Yeats wrote:  The Dublin tragedy has been a great sorrow and anxiety. . . . I have little doubt there…

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