Courtney Hartnett 10/3/16 Courtney Hartnett 10/3/16

Three Poems by Courtney Hartnett

And you know as it is happening that this is a story

you will tell in a long exhale. That it will fall from your body slowly,

Danielle Badra 9/26/16 Danielle Badra 9/26/16

Review of Solmaz Sharif’s “LOOK”

Solmaz Sharif’s LOOK creates a window into the wartime reality of the Middle East and the reality of the average American who can barely recognize that we are still at war, it is a window that blurs the lines between these starkly opposing realities.

Madeleine Wattenberg 9/19/16 Madeleine Wattenberg 9/19/16

Fall For The Book 2016

Since 1999, George Mason University and the City of Fairfax have collaborated on this festival to celebrate an array of writers with an eye toward strengthening ties between the literary and local communities.

Holly Mason 9/12/16 Holly Mason 9/12/16

staff reading list

The So to Speak editorial staff put together a list of reading recommendations for you…

Holly Mason 9/5/16 Holly Mason 9/5/16

Speaking With Katherine Litwin: Poetry Foundation Librarian

Providing a home for poetry in Chicago, the Poetry Foundation is publisher of Poetry magazine and is an independent literary organization committed to a vigorous presence for poetry.

Lissa Skitolsky 8/29/16 Lissa Skitolsky 8/29/16

Hip Hop and Prisoner Resistance

Hip hop is not rap music, but a culture that includes an ethics, political theory, certain epistemological commitments, and an aesthetics that includes rap music (composed of the DJ and the emcee, sampling, and the scratch).