tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51745069831222600872024-03-12T17:03:16.315-07:00a r a c e l i s . g i r m a y books + news + projectsaracelisgirmayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11717643539280664481noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5174506983122260087.post-50552372948620148692015-01-05T14:02:00.002-08:002015-01-06T07:19:39.563-08:00Coming soon in Spoon River Poetry Review: a lyric essay on dusk, violence, and "America" in the work of Eduardo Corral, Claudia Rankine, and Jean Valentinearacelisgirmayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11717643539280664481noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5174506983122260087.post-641760741368184522015-01-05T07:27:00.002-08:002015-01-06T07:22:48.309-08:00"A Tending" / New essay up at the ARTSblog<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Tending" is up at the ARTSblog as part of The Beauty in Change: Considering Aesthetics in Creative Social Change Work salon alongside writing by Arlene Goldbard, Denise Brown, Deborah Fisher, and Patrick Rosal, among others. </span><br />
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aracelisgirmayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11717643539280664481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5174506983122260087.post-37799656555642262682014-02-01T07:29:00.000-08:002015-01-05T12:24:51.802-08:00First Sentence up at GRANTA<a href="http://www.granta.com/New-Writing/First-Sentence-Aracelis-Girmay" target="_blank">http://www.granta.com/New-Writing/First-Sentence-Aracelis-Girmay</a>aracelisgirmayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11717643539280664481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5174506983122260087.post-2061737796787395392013-10-09T07:35:00.000-07:002015-01-06T07:29:19.330-08:00Three poems at PEN America, guest edited by Shane McCrae<a href="http://www.pen.org/poetry/three-poems-aracelis-girmay" target="_blank">http://www.pen.org/poetry/three-poems-aracelis-girmay</a>aracelisgirmayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11717643539280664481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5174506983122260087.post-73090544144711091982013-08-05T13:28:00.000-07:002015-01-06T07:30:52.325-08:00Poetry in Motion is back!!!!!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...and i am immensely HONORED to have a poem on the subway and on metrocards. The poem on the subway is paired with a mosaic by artist Elizabeth Murray. Other writers and artists whose work is part of the recent poetry in motion curation: Dorothea Tanning, Joan Linder, Kevin Young, Raul Colón, Tracy K. Smith, Amy Bennett, Billy Collins, and Chase Twichell!!!!</span><br />
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