Posts tagged "war"
Contributor News: Paisley Rekdal's new book, "The Broken Country," evaluates Vietnam's legacy. Paisley will appear at Chautauqua in August--details below!

Contributor News: Paisley Rekdal’s new book, “The Broken Country,” evaluates Vietnam’s legacy. Paisley will appear at Chautauqua in August–details below!

     One of our most widely beloved contributors, prolific poet and nonfiction writer Paisley Rekdal, has not only published another book (and a great one!) but also scheduled a remarkable event at the Chautauqua Institution for this August–one of no doubt *broad* appeal.      The book is The Broken Country: On Trauma, a Crime, and...
Share This Poem: “Bridges,”  by Zara Raab.

Share This Poem: “Bridges,” by Zara Raab.

“With menacing metal jaws that arch and open above the river’s reedy throat …” We continue to celebrate National Poetry Month with this stunner from Zara Raab — a consideration of all a bridge might mean. We offer you a specially formatted broadside to download and print at home,  or you can scroll down to read the...
Truth Teller Spotlight: Lee Strasburger, Artist.

Truth Teller Spotlight: Lee Strasburger, Artist.

“To express myself in that ‘calling moment’ is to give my energy in its purest, most positive form….”   Lee Strasburger is a painter, photographer, and textile artist who has mounted one-person shows in Japan, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Her work has also been featured in group shows all over the globe. A true...
On exhibit, November 2013: Chad Hunt's wartime photo essay "Ghosting Home."

On exhibit, November 2013: Chad Hunt’s wartime photo essay “Ghosting Home.”

      On Friday, Nov. 1, renowned photojournalist Chad Hunt will take part in coffee and conversation as part of the opening of a two-week photo exhibit of his photographs of soldiers in and after Afghanistan.        “Ghosting Home,” featuring images taken during Hunt’s time embedded in Korengai Province, Afghanistan, is a...