The last half of 2016 almost seems like a different year from the first. It is that the resurgence of rightwing populism was sudden but that the power it has amassed became suddenly undeniable. The danger no longer looms: it…
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Why White Women Voted for Trump—And How Literature Can Save Us
All women live with a constant drumbeat of real and threatened violence against us. White women, however, are taught that the worst of that violence comes from men of color and that only the white supremacist patriarchy can save us,…
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empty of light still the sky can’t claim graves illuminated by curtains’ tear and whitened wear
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shadow & its tail flit over tile and unseen dust sneezes out sun’s last yellow fingers on glass through graves Related articles Sunday Small Stone 132 | Elizabeth Kate Switaj (elizabethkateswitaj.net) Sunday Small Stone 133 | Elizabeth Kate Switaj (elizabethkateswitaj.net)
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off-white dog yaps & crouches by clam shell, unhinged—tension gone into blue clouds over gray waves A moment of mindfulness while catching my breath after running intervals on the beach. Related articles Sunday Small Stone 130 | Elizabeth Kate…
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chirp & chortled mrrr golden light motion turned on the fallen fur