February 29, 2016
On Poverty
In the wake of Claire Vaye Watkins’s “On Pandering,” there were many responses; notably, critiques of the essay’s failure to address the author’s white privilege. But no one addressed class […]
July 11, 2014
Out of This World: Irene McKinney’s HAVE YOU HAD ENOUGH DARKNESS YET? [Part Two of Two]
[This is Part Two. You can read Part One here.] “During the Night” echoes one of McKinney’s earlier poems, “Visiting My Gravesite: Talbott Churchyard, West Virginia”—another poem in which she […]
July 10, 2014
Out of This World: Irene McKinney’s HAVE YOU HAD ENOUGH DARKNESS YET? [Part One of Two]
I’ve been typing at this for a while now, trying to find my way in. Listen, I need to tell you that when Irene McKinney died in February 2012, she […]