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  • Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson

    “As your lover describes you, so you are.” Date Completed: October 10 2015 Page Length: 167 Goodreads

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  • Poor Poetry: Greeting Card Love

    I saw call for valentine’s day greeting card submissions and I started writing without, pausing to read the guidelines (rookie error). As it turns out they want long narrative like poetry about personal experience and definitely no rhymes. Read on to see how epicly I missed the mark. I will not call you my first…

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  • Culture Clash: Simone de Beauvoir and Nicki Minaj

    I’ve decided to start this Culture Clash series of posts to capture and compare thoughts, ideas and images that wouldn’t normally be seen alongside each other but, despite their overt differences, are in some way connected. To start us off let’s turn to the French writer, Simone de Beauvoir (1908-86) and Nicki Minaj (born 1982),…

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  • Poor Poetry: Cinquain

    Cinquains are rather short poems and so I wrote two! I sleep till late through the dogs shrill barking. They cannot wake my fate. All along I’m dreaming although I fear it’s falling. It’s a black sun. It’s in my chest and gut. It’s not fun. It’s a whimpering mutt this black sun in my…

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