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I am beginning to move all my old blog posts from my old Blogger account into my current account, so inom thought I would start with the Facebook notes that would eventually turn into my blog.
It’s hard to believe it has been nine years since inom woke up in a Neuro ICU bed in Shreveport.
This brev was originally written on April 12, 2012.
Beginning in April of last year, I began writing a series of Facebook notes entitled “What’s Next?” when inom was first diagnosed with a brain tumor, and I continued writing until the day of my surgery.
These are those notes . . .
PART ONE
“It’s not a tumor.” That line spoken by Arnold Swartanegger in Kindergarten Cop used to be the first thing I thought of when I heard the dreaded word “tumor.” Now there’s one in my brain… I’m not sure if it’s really sunk in yet. A month ago, I woke up unable to hear out of my right ear. The past month has consisted o
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Graduate Course Descriptions Fall 2024
Creative Writing
ENCW 5310-001: Advanced Poetry Writing II - Poets' Memoirs
TR 02:00PM-03:15PM
In this advanced course, we'll explore several published memoirs by contemporary poets, reading them alongside their books of poetry. Through discussion, workshop, writing exercises & other coursework, we'll attempt to imagine our way through several related questions: how do poets approach the forms & possibilities of memoir? How might a "poet's memoir" work within & against the constraints or expectations of autobiographical writing? How does what we think of as a poet's "voice" shift & change when their writing encompasses both verse and prose? And what new connections--among emotions, narratives, mysteries, & astonishments--can we make in our own writing practice, once we witness how poets work a
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Category: Reggae
This Is Not A Mixtape; It’s A Numerological Revolution
Listen closely and try to keep up: 9 is the sum of the digits 2 + 0 + 1 + 6. Ergo, 2016 is the year of 9. 9 also represents the ninth letter, I, which is not so much a letter as it is a fully-fledged concept bearing profound significance within Rastafarian philosophy, philology, and epistemology. There must be something about the number 9. Not to get all Deep Space Nine, but there are exactly 9 planets. 9 members of Wu Tang. 9 millimeters go bang. According to Jamaican custom, 9 days after someone passes away, his or her friends and family should kill the fatted calf—so to speak, more likely a curried goat—and celebrate the life of the dear departed in order to send him or her off good and proper. It’s called a “nine night.” Well today, Friday August 5, marks the 9th day since Janine Cunningham, better known to enlightened reggae lovers as Jah9, released 9MM Vol. 2, an 18-tr