3rd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: SABINA IBARROLA on LEAH LAKSHMI PIEPZNA-SAMARASINHA
When I think of Leah Lakshmi’s poems, I think about femme. I think about hustle, and I think about love. I think of words like pussy and glitter and plum and open. I think about that pretty brown brown. I
3rd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 20 :: Christina Rodriguez on Clarice Lispector, Agua Viva, and the Art of Breathlessness
It's a slow kind of love that builds as the pages are turning. When you read a book, you grow to love the story, the characters, and the author. If you are a writer, you might find a mentor and a
3rd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 9 :: MAIGA MILBOURNE on NAZIM HIKMET (1902-1963)
[Editor's Note: Maiga Milbourne comes to us via our favorite model: the person to person relay-style hand off from former participants (in this case, frequent OS contributor, and all around badass inspirational mama Caits Meissner). I was overwhelmed with gratitude
3rd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 7 :: SHIVANEE RAMLOCHAN on VAHNI CAPILDEO
[Editor's note: in July of 2012, we received a submission for our print magazine from Andre Bagoo, who introduced himself as "a poet and journalist working in Trinidad and Tobago." I loved his poems, and accepted one for the second
3rd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: Day 6 :: DIA FELIX on PHILIP LAMANTIA
[Editor's note: It is total synchrony that sees this post going live the weekend Dia's is in NY, kicking off a multi-city tour with City Lights / Sister Spit to promote her new book on that imprint, Nochita. Missed her at the
3rd Annual NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 2 :: ALYSSE KATHLEEN McCANNA on DIANE GILLIAM FISHER
Descend into the dark earth to make your meager living. Identify your spouse in a pile of bodies by some intimate detail no one else knows. Watch as the frosty morning pales your baby’s face as you are forced from
OPPORTUNITY: BARBARIC AWP SEATTLE 2014 FIELD NOTES
[h5] The OS Wants YOU! to write journalistic / field notes type accounts of your days in Seattle, as we are unable to attend. [/h5] These could take very different approaches: On the one hand, The OS is interested in running naturally
A VERY SPECIAL INVITATION to THE 3rd ANNUAL POETRY MONTH 30-on-30-in-30 SERIES
The Operating System is thrilled to invite you to participate in the 3rd Annual 30-on-30-in-30 Poetry Month Celebration! In this series, we invite creative people from a range of backgrounds to share a story about how their work has been
ALL LIT UP! :: NEW CITIES SERIES ANNOUNCEMENT
What does your literary city look like? : A mini research-tour of our lit-up landscape. Meant, in turn, to uplift the spaces and people who make it thrive. Read it again, in the imperative tense and you'll get our goal
COMMUNITY :: LAUNCHPAD BK :: ANYTHING GOES – OPEN PERFORMANCE NIGHT
Friday, May 24th @ 8pm Anything Goes -- Open Performance Night A new open performance/screening series where anyone can present anything under 10 minutes. We will accept almost anything including music, readings, video, demonstrations, film, comedy, dance, animation, presentations and more! Performance
