PinnedRen W.inThe Operating System & Liminal Lab10TH ANNUAL (AND FINAL) POETRY MONTH SERIES :: SPECIAL PREVIEW & REN WILSON on JUNE JORDANA preview of the OS’s 10th Annual 30/30/30 Poetry Month series, with a message from our Founder and an entry from Ren Wilson on June JordanMar 12, 2021Mar 12, 2021
Ren W.inThe Operating System & Liminal Lab10TH ANNUAL(AND FINAL) NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 30:: B. BATCHELOR on DANEZ SMITHWhat poet or poetry groupie doesn’t already know the name Danez Smith? They don’t need me to champion them into another hundred fans or…Apr 30, 2021Apr 30, 2021
Ren W.inThe Operating System & Liminal Lab10TH ANNUAL(AND FINAL) NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 29 :: ELIZABETH HAWES on SU HWANGI met her in a class she was teaching for Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop, one of those sampler tutorials on poetry, prose, and memoir.Apr 29, 2021Apr 29, 2021
Ren W.inThe Operating System & Liminal Lab10TH ANNUAL(AND FINAL) NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 28 :: JOE VANDERFORD on GIACONDA BELLIBefore a modicum of triumph, there was passion, pain, exile and the death of so many loved ones for the Nicaraguan, Sandinistan poet and…Apr 28, 2021Apr 28, 2021
Ren W.inThe Operating System & Liminal Lab10TH ANNUAL(AND FINAL) NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 27:: VIVIAN D. NIXON on SONIA SANCHEZIn my small hometown only 2 out of 100 people were Black. The 1970’s literary canon wasn’t helpful. My ancestry was hidden from me in…Apr 27, 2021Apr 27, 2021
Ren W.inThe Operating System & Liminal Lab10TH ANNUAL(AND FINAL) NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 26 :: ROBBIE POLLOCK on KENYATTA EMMANUELThe world hasn’t heard much of the music and writing of my mentor, friend, and collaborator Kenyatta Emmanuel. In person, Kenyatta can be…Apr 26, 2021Apr 26, 2021
Ren W.inThe Operating System & Liminal Lab10TH ANNUAL(AND FINAL) NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 25 :: P.M. DUNNE on REGINALD DWAYNE BETTSAny serious conversation about poetry today must include Reginald Dwayne Betts, a man whose no-nonsense verse reflects, as it once augured…Apr 25, 2021Apr 25, 2021
Ren W.inThe Operating System & Liminal Lab10TH ANNUAL(AND FINAL) NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 24 :: JUSTIN ROVILLOS MONSON on PATRICK ROSALA poetics, when created correctly — or, really, with heart — is a field full of misfits and martyrs, hustlers and prophets, trying to find…Apr 24, 2021Apr 24, 2021
Ren W.inThe Operating System & Liminal Lab10TH ANNUAL(AND FINAL) NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 22 :: PATRICIA STAREK on GLENIS REDMONDPatricia Starek, marries two passions: teaching and writing. She has always been a word lover. She has performed across the United States…Apr 22, 2021Apr 22, 2021
Ren W.inThe Operating System & Liminal Lab10TH ANNUAL(AND FINAL) NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 21 :: ANNA LIMONTAS-SALISBURY on MONICA HANDWeek three of this year’s Poetry Month series is curated by JP Howard. You can read her curatorial statement here.Apr 21, 2021Apr 21, 2021