Will the Greatest Women’s Counterculture on Earth Please Stand Up As in any culture, people are constantly deciding which traditions to keep, and which to forget. The simplistic Cultural Revolution answer was to just dump everything old. But most people want a more careful selection of what’s helpful or oppressive. And many feel that the … [Read more...] about excerpt from A GALAXY OF IMMORTAL WOMEN: The Yin Side of Chinese Civilization, by Brian Griffith.
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an excerpt from PARK SONGS, by David Budbill.
an excerpt from PARK SONGS: A POEM/PLAY by David BudbillPublication Date: September 2012$14.9514 Black and White Photographs by R. C. Irwin (ISBN 978-1-935259-16-9)(eBook 978-1-935259-17-6)MR C AND POETRY Mr. C enters the park. He paces back and forth talking … [Read more...] about an excerpt from PARK SONGS, by David Budbill.
excerpt from THIS IS US: THE NEW ALL-AMERICAN FAMILY, by David Marin
PROLOGUE: THE ROBBERS My ornery side drove us to Pappy’s, a Highway 101 truck-stop-diner popular with meth-toothed rednecks with eyes like burn holes. The last time we visited they stared at us until I stared at them. I parked near the sign with busted lights and misspelled slide-in words: STEAKS, MILKSAKES, AND OTHER SPECAILS. After lunch … [Read more...] about excerpt from THIS IS US: THE NEW ALL-AMERICAN FAMILY, by David Marin
excerpt from SNOTTY SAVES THE DAY, by Tod Davies, with illustrations by Gary Zaboly…
A wind blew, and the door to the Seventh Garden opened. The wind rushed through the alley, right into Snotty’s face. Snotty had backed up another step, planning to turn and run, when the wind blew over him, and with it, its smells. These were layers of smells, all of them good. One was of warm taffy apples, one … [Read more...] about excerpt from SNOTTY SAVES THE DAY, by Tod Davies, with illustrations by Gary Zaboly…