Our president-elect has the usual fascistic fetish of directing public vitriolic attacks onto a vulnerable minority. Along with immigrants and arguably, all women, trans individuals have become his go-to rallying demons. Everything from basic health care to your right to... Read More

So I was dancing around the kitchen this morning, too early. The little college radio station was playing such soulful tunes. I sat down and resumed folding a new chapbook, the first I’ve released in a couple of years.  I’m... Read More

Kofi is interviewed here by the publisher, long-distance, some months ago, during the height of the pandemic and under the previous administration (to which you will see reference). We hope you enjoy this peek into the artist’s process. How has... Read More

False equivalency and calling lies the truth. Apparently that’s the neighborhood where we live. Several people have emailed to ask if the wompus is still in business, so I felt compelled to answer: We are alive and kicking. But posting... Read More

Cornelius Eady has a review in the NY Times of The Crossover, a novel in verse for middle-school kids, by Kwame Alexander, that sounds pretty compelling for the adult reader as well. Vijay Seshadri’s Pulitzer makes me happy. Brian Lehrer on WNYC posts... Read More

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