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Ali Liebegott on Road Trips, Addiction and Queer Life

Elizabeth Coleman — Fri, 03 May 2013 04:06:34 +0000

When I spoke to author Ali Liebegott on the phone, she was sitting in the back of the van of the legendary traveling spoken word performance group Sister Spit, hurtling down Interstate 5 toward Pasadena for a show. Liebegott, known for her work with Sister Spit and her novels, The Beautifully Worthless and The IHOP [&hellip

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Ali Liebegott’s Cha-Ching! Exposes the Truth Behind Gambling and Obsession

Elizabeth Coleman — Fri, 03 May 2013 04:02:09 +0000

Well-known for past works like The Beautifully Worthless and The IHOP Papers as well as her involvement with the traveling performance group, Sister Spit, Ali Liebegott tackles big themes in Cha-Ching! including depression, addiction, identity, self-sabotage and basically how sometimes it is f-ing hard just to get out of bed in the morning and stare [&hellip

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We get poemcrazy with Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge

Elizabeth Coleman — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 05:17:59 +0000

Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge is obsessed with words. Author of poemcrazy: freeing your life with words, which is currently in its 24th printing, Wooldridge works with adults, teachers and at-risk youth both privately and through the California Poets in Schools program. Her workshop are designed to cultivate artistic expression, and have changed the lives of countless [&hellip

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Interview with Poet erica lewis

Alicia Coombes — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:55:30 +0000

Poet erica lewis’ third publication, murmur in the inventory, was released this month. murmur in the inventory is lewis’ first published book project that isn’t part of a collaboration with an artist and does not contain a visual arts pairing, letting the poetry stand alone in a way that it has not before. A graduate of Northwestern [&hellip

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Woman of the Week: Edith Zimmerman

Taylor Majewski — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:40:21 +0000

In an uncertain global economy in which salaried employment and benefits are hard to come by, millennials have had to get creative with their careers, turning to independent web-based projects and social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr to invent their own jobs. Writer Edith Zimmerman is no exception to that movement. Along with [&hellip

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Review: Women of the Underground: Art by Zora von Burden

Julie Davis — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 07:41:34 +0000

A collection of in-depth interviews, Women of the Underground: Art takes an inside look at the work of 24 female artists who are “cultural architects, influencing generations with art that is innovative, pushes boundaries, and dares to question, investigate and redefine society in the spirit of the underground.” Perhaps because of these general parameters, Women [&hellip

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Review: Nervous Device by Catherine Wagner

Elizabeth Coleman — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 06:13:53 +0000

Catherine Wagner’s latest book, a full-length poetry collection titled Nervous Device, explores the boundaries between author and audience, using a masterful command of language that is both playful and provocative. Drawing inspiration from William Blake’s “The Bounding Line,” Wagner’s poetry delves into sexual, political and cultural themes as well as the communication between humans that [&hellip

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Review: NW by Zadie Smith

Alicia Coombes — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 05:45:47 +0000

It is a rare occasion to read a book and feel it messing with your head: such is the case with Zadie Smith’s newest novel, NW. Titled after the postal code of northwest London in which it is set, NW gives readers a glimpse into the lives of four people — Leah, Keisha (renamed Natalie [&hellip

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Interview with Poet Catherine Wagner

Elizabeth Coleman — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 04:49:04 +0000

When Poet Catherine Wagner writes, she tries not to write with a predetermined intention, instead letting the poem take a course of its own. “There has to be something I’m moving through, though,” Wagner said. “I have to start somewhere. But the purpose of poetry is to explore and discover.” Often, her poems seem to [&hellip

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Review of Sister Spit: Writing, Rants & Reminiscence from the Road

Elizabeth Coleman — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 02:51:20 +0000

“If my crappy punk band could go on tour, why couldn’t a bunch of poets?” queries award-winning author Michelle Tea in her introduction to Sister Spit: Writings, Rants and Reminiscence from the Road. And so Sister Spit, a traveling group of feminist and queer writers, was born. Writings, Rants and Reminiscence from the Road is the first [&hellip

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