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How to Sanitize a Hateful Troll

Changing Hate Speech Into Dog Whistles Doesn't Make it Acceptable

By Blair Beusman | December 29, 2017

Poetry As Prophecy: A Conversation with the Astro Poets

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Alex Dimitrov and Dorothea Lasky on Magick, Writing, and Mariah Carey

By Blair Beusman | December 27, 2016

Trapped at a <i>Moby-Dick</i> Marathon

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Sitting Through 12 Straight Hours of Melville's Tortuous Classic

By Blair Beusman | November 20, 2015

At the 40th Anniversary of the Pushcart Prizes

At the 40th Anniversary of the Pushcart Prizes

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By Blair Beusman | November 18, 2015

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The benevolent behemoths through Human history

By Blair Beusman | October 16, 2015

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