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Fortnightly Footnotes: Make Way for the Avant-garde
Experimental poetry, book recommendations, and a 16th century tome that can be read in six different ways
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Su Hui’s Epic Palindrome: Star Gauge
The 4th century Chinese poem that can be read in every direction
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"The Web" (A Choose Your Own Adventure Story)
As well as this week's overdue Fortnightly Footnotes
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Su Hui’s Epic Palindrome: Star Gauge
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How to Write a Reverse Poem
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Friday Footnotes: Ghostwriter Woes
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"The Web" (A Choose Your Own Adventure Story)
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Fortnightly Footnotes: Something New
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How to Write a Mirror Poem
A palindrome poem in the form of a mirror-image
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Fortnightly Footnotes: Something New
Free audiobooks for Spotify subscribers, how to find first edition books, a poll to vote for next week's content, and more
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Friday Footnotes: Poetry+Mad Science=?
Christian Bök's (literal) experimental poetry, some more free audio books on YouTube, a clock that tells time with literary quotes, and more
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Friday Footnotes: The Beauty of Constraints
The range of poetic constraints from Anthony Etherin to Diane Seuss, reviews of Oppenheimer and Beau is Afraid, several alternatives to Goodreads, and…
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How to Write a Reverse Poem
A poem that can be read in both directions
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Friday Footnotes: Social Media Gems
South Park creator Trey Parker's writing hack (from Instagram), a medley of useful editing tips (from Tik Tok), a traditional method of making ink (from…
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Friday Footnotes: A Fortnight of Footnotes
Footage of Bukowski reading one of my personal favorites, a contest for the worst opening sentences imaginable, Ada Limón's poetry...in space(?), and…
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Friday Footnotes: Happy Belated Bloomsday
A recording of James Joyce reading his magnus opus, proof Instagram poetry isn't all trash, music lyrics as a haiku, and more
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Friday Footnotes: Death and Other Delights
RIP Cormac McCarthy; a reading list about the perennial subject of death; flash fiction by literary masters; and more
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The Commonplace
The Commonplace
Thomas J Bevan
Austin Kleon
Austin Kleon
Austin Kleon
Soaring Twenties
Soaring Twenties
Thomas J Bevan
The Matterhorn: truth in fiction
The Matterhorn: truth in fiction
Dr. Kathleen Waller
Coleman’s Corner
Coleman’s Corner
Coleman Hughes
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