“Fiction is the art form of human yearning.” – Robert Olen Butler
“We are living in the most fearmongering time in human history.” – Barry Glassner
“I think what we need to do is to remind people that the Earth is a very dangerous place these days. That ISIS is trying to do us harm. And that the president’s commitment is to keep the country safe.” – Sean Spicer
Tag: Donald Trump
Goddard MFA Faculty Bhanu Kapil’s Poem in The Guardian
Goddard MFA faculty member Bhanu Kapil‘s “Poem Dictated to Eric Trump at 3.46am After a Marathon Video Binge of Twilight and its Two Sequels” was included in the The Guardian‘s 21 poems that Donald Trump might like to see at the base of the Statue of Liberty. From The Guardian article, “Huddled Masses? Losers! Trump v the… Continue reading Goddard MFA Faculty Bhanu Kapil’s Poem in The Guardian
Goddard MFA Faculty Jan Clausen’s “Against Literary Nationalism”
Goddard MFA faculty member Jan Clausen‘s essay “Against Literary Nationalism” has been published in Jacobin Magazine. In the essay, based on thoughts from a post on the Goddard MFA blog The Writer in the World , Clausen writes, “Writers in the U.S. must embrace traditions of radical dissent — not American exceptionalism — if they want to resist… Continue reading Goddard MFA Faculty Jan Clausen’s “Against Literary Nationalism”