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Duolingo talking about a revolution
Studying Spanish in Duolingo, I came across back-to-back exercises talking about revolution.
- ¿Qué es una revolución? “What is a revolution?”
- Cada revolución es neuva. “Each revolution is new.”
Is this strange? Is this pointing to some kind of truth about the revolutions in Spanish-speaking countries? When I’m in Spain, especially in Catalonia, am I likely to hear talk about a revolution?
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Friday Photo: Florence, Italy
Giotto’s Campanile as seen from the Duomo, Florence, Italy, March 2006. -
Thank you, SFPA, for the Rhysling nomination!
My poem “Instructions for Astronauts” has been nominated for a Rhysling Award by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA)!
The poem was originally published in the Mithila Review along with a video produced by Salik Shah that includes my voice reading the poem. The Rhysling nomination means the poem will be published again, this time in The 2018 Rhysling Anthology of all nominated poems.
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National Book Critics Circle Announces 2017 Award Winners
PoetryLayli Long Soldier, Whereas (Graywolf)CriticismAutobiographyBiographyCaroline Fraser, Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder (Metropolitan Books)NonfictionFrances FitzGerald, The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America (Simon & Schuster)FictionJoan Silber, Improvement (Counterpoint)The John Leonard PrizeThe Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in ReviewingThe Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award -
Friday Photo: Installation by artist Elizabeth Kley
Installation by artist Elisabeth Kley at the Canada Gallery booth at the Independent Art Fair in New York City, March 2018. -
Friday Photo: Santo Tomas, Chichicastenango, Guatemala
Flower sellers outside Santo Tomas, Chichicastenango, Guatemala, January 2014.
