Mar 31, 2016 | Cross-Cut (Poet Profiles), Updates!
By Megan Reynolds Although Bertolt Brecht is widely known for his playwriting and theoretical contributions, his skill as a poet cannot be overlooked or undercut simply because of his talents in other forms of writing. Historical events unfolding at the time of his...
Feb 28, 2016 | Cross-Cut (Poet Profiles), Poets, Updates!
By James J. Pulizzi Should we travel to London hoping to pay homage to William Blake’s (1757 – 1827) grave—as we might for Newton, Keats, Wordsworth, or Tennyson—we’ll find a spartan headstone that indicates only his bones lie nearby. Bunhill Fields where...
Feb 27, 2016 | Cross-Cut (Poet Profiles), Poets, Updates!
By Stephen S. Mills It seems fitting that the first time I met poet Steven Reigns we were in a seedy gay club (and motel) that has been a fixture of the Orlando gay community for forty years. I was living in Orlando at the time and spent many of my nights in that very...
Feb 24, 2016 | Cross-Cut (Poet Profiles), Poets, Updates!
by Hunter Lee Hughes Imagine an impassioned young man born of a devout family practicing a religion deemed barbaric and false. His equally misunderstood, pious “bro” friends recruit him to do something about the intolerance and injustice of it all. First,...
