A newsletter of short, untitled-style free verse poems on nature and domestic scenes, such as picking blackberries, a polluted swamp and early morning dew. Each issue is a single poem with vivid sensory imagery.
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Poems, essays and commentary from poet David Whyte, with context on how and where each piece was written. Readers get reflective writing on love, resentment, nature and everyday human experience, plus material from his Three Sundays Series.
Nelson George writes about Black music, film and culture, mixing interview-based profiles, remembrances and behind-the-scenes accounts of his own projects. Readers get first-person reporting and personal context from a veteran music and culture journalist and filmmaker.
Personal essays and poetry that use everyday moments such as cooking, commuting and dancing to reflect on decisions, place and the limits of perception. Readers get literary, introspective writing that mixes memoir with cultural and mythic references.
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