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<p><em>Some of the fun of seeing plays about the past that are part of the annual summer Fringe Festival in New York is that you can literally chase history over the sidewalks of the city. Fringe fans use the festival program and city maps to see whichof the 197 plays they can see almost back to back. Sometimes, if the play and subway times match, you can see three plays in one day.</em></p><p><em>I picked two history dramas in the Cooper Square area of the city, five blocks apart, and caught one hour long play at noon and a ninety minute play at 2. The trick? Move fast!</em></p><p><strong><em>Chagrin</em></strong><br> <strong>LaMaMa Theater</strong><br> <strong>74A E. Fourth Street</strong><br> <strong>New York</strong><strong>, N.Y.</strong><strong> </strong></p><p>You remember the child geniuses. They were t
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Homage to Professor Lewis Warsh Credit: John Casquarelli
by Jhon Sanchez
Unlike John Casquarelli, my dear friend and classmate of the MFA program, I don’t like taking pictures very much. I don’t even use my phone camera and rarely take selfies. But I remember when the photos were taken. It was after a reading at the Bowery Poetry Club that our MFA classmates took a picture. I was in the back next to Professor Warsh, who hugged me. I felt his arm across my chest as he tapped three times on my heart.
After failing the bar exam and struggling to find an apartment in New York, I felt Professor Warsh’s confidence that I could write my MFA thesis, that I could pass the bar, that I could write my dreams. Indeed, this was his personal advice to me as well as a practical writing exercise. He said, “Dreams need attention.”
National Poetry Month 2021: Amanda Gorman and 7 Other Black Poets You Should Know
In celebration of art as a necessary act of resistance, we celebrate these writers for their words, their wit and their courage.
Hannah Eko Apr 1, 2021 10:00AM ET
From l to r: poets Yona Harvey, Ray Antrobus and Tiana Clark Photo Credit: Twitter
Poets are masters of the word who hold a mirror to the human experience. On Inauguration Day 2021, a young Black woman poet captivated the world with her stirring words of hope. Amanda Gorman’s
“The Hill We Climb” is a stirring call to action, a verbal map towards restorative justice.