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Category Archives: Multimedia
The Suburbs: A Multimedia Extravaganza!
Okay, for my final post about the suburbs (probably), I say enough about books. Let’s talk about what’s really important: TV, movies, music, and even a little art. On The Tube TV is lousy with images of the suburbs these … Continue reading
Posted in Multimedia, Ploughshares Bloggers
Tagged Arrested Development, Breaking Bad, movies, music, Photography, playlist, Richard Linklater, Sheila Pree Bright, suburbs, television
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Non Verbis, Sed Rebus
My girlfriend’s ex-girlfriend recently sent me a link to an article entitled “8 New Punctuation Marks We Desperately Need.” As is often the case with my girlfriend’s ex-girlfriend, I couldn’t quite tell if she was joking. Further complicating the matter was the … Continue reading
Close Watching: Tech + Text = The Reading Paradigm of the Future?!
When it comes to good ol’-fashioned reading, the influence of new-fangled technology is rarely construed as “positive.” A recent Pew Internet Study suggests our that our brains are being “rewired” for attention deficiency by nonstop, rapid-fire access to information. Adbusters’ Micah … Continue reading
Posted in Multimedia, Ploughshares Bloggers
Tagged collaborations, Electric Literature, Kindle, PoemFlow, Robert Coover, technology, videopoetry
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Nick Flynn: Q&A and Reading (with videos and blurry photos!)
Spring guest editor Nick Flynn stopped by Emerson last night to read, introduce the issue, and chat with Ploughshares poetry editor John Skoyles. He was introduced by poet and novelist Pablo Medina and Ploughshares editor-in-chief Ladette Randolph. Nick read his … Continue reading
Posted in Multimedia, Ploughshares News, Uncategorized
Tagged memoir, Nick Flynn, poetry, reading, Spring 2012
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#AWP12 – What you don’t want to miss before heading out
Well, it’s Day 3 of #AWP12 in Chicago, and I’m ready for a nap. BUT! If you’re tempted to go nap, don’t do so, or leave AWP, before checking out these quirky booths and tables, which were chosen for their … Continue reading
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Some Slam Poetry I’ve Enjoyed
The first time I heard slam poetry, I was 17. My high school literary magazine “Aporia” threw a coffee house event at the hippest place we knew of. One of the participants performed “Love” by Beau Sia. Needless to say, … Continue reading
We turned 40 and all we got were these awesome videos
To celebrate our 40th anniversary, Emerson College (where Ploughshares is housed) made some lovely videos about our previous 40 years of history, what we’re doing currently, and what we’re thinking about for the future. Enjoy! (P.S. If you live in … Continue reading
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Ploughshares Joins the Radical Left
Ploughshares has entered the culture wars! In the middle of an attack on people warning that the flooding of Japan’s nuclear plant might be a serious concern, Glenn Beck takes on the Ploughshares Fund, a nuclear disarmament group, and what should … Continue reading
Posted in Contributors' Notes, Multimedia, News
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Colm Toibin on Guest Editing Ploughshares
In this video, Colm Toibin, guest editor of the Spring 2011 issue of Ploughshares, describes what the unique guest-editing process was like for him. He mentions that the experience was like building; he started with established authors and moved on to … Continue reading
Colm Tóibín Was Here: Recap and a Video
Yesterday, we were honored by a visit from Colm Tóibín, our Spring 2011 guest editor. An inspiring Q&A was conducted by Chris Castellani (from Grub Street, and the author of The Saint of Lost Things). Here’s the video of the … Continue reading
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