Posted on June 1, 2021
by Adam W Burgess
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It’s the first of June, which means, according to our governor, the state is ready to be “back to normal.” In fact, we’ve had a slow return to normalcy over the last four-to-six weeks, with increasingly relaxed rules and restrictions in close relationship with… Continue Reading “What’s So Great About Normal?: On Life After Lockdown”
Posted on September 3, 2020
by Adam W Burgess
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Hello, my beloveds. Long time no see! My apologies for the absence. I’m sure many of you, like me, have been struggling with the continued pandemic, the back-to-school season, and the rather horrifying events taking place around the United States and the world, not… Continue Reading “August, #TheSealeyChallenge, and More”
Category: Blog Post, Book Review, Buddhism, Carlos Bulosan, Craig Moreau, D.A. Powell, Eduardo C. Corral, History, Joseph O. Legaspi, Joy Harjo, Ocean Vuong, Poetry, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Sam Sax, The Sealey Challenge, Thich Nhat Hanh, Tommy Pico
Posted on July 30, 2019
by Adam W Burgess
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For the last two months, I’ve pursued some themed-reading. This is something I tried a couple of years ago as a year-long project, changing my reading theme every month, but it didn’t quite work. It seems to work better if I choose something just… Continue Reading “A Successful Poetry Month”
Category: Elizabeth Acevedo, Hieu Minh Nguyen, LGBT, Mary Oliver, Ocean Vuong, Poetry, Poetry Project, Thomas C. Foster, Timothy Liu, Verse Novel, Vietnamese
Posted on June 18, 2019
by Adam W Burgess
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The irony is not lost on me that, just a couple of days after claiming that I no longer plan to write formal/lengthy book reviews for this blog, I finish reading Ocean Vuong’s first novel, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. It would be absolutely… Continue Reading “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous”
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