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  • The Wise World of Wordsworth

    I have been re-reading the “Preface” to William Wordsworth’s Lyrical Ballads, because I’m preparing my syllabus for next year, and I think I’m going to include…

  • Poetry and the Submissions Game

    Like many people around the world, I write poetry, which I send off to literary magazines to try to get it published. Though most of…

  • Hands Uplifted for Freedom and Justice

    I went today to see my hands. I heard from a friend that they were up. In early March, a new permanent exhibit, “Hands Uplifted…

  • How Do We Start?

    Although Alabama has tremendous culture, beautiful landscapes, wonderful people, and a state pride that is hard to match, it also has an inferior economic base,…