in “Below the Belt” Allison Moorer describes the role music plays in the son of her autisitc son John Henry. What he once couldn’t process at all now gets him through rough spots. If he becomes frustrated or upset, I turn to music to soothe him. These days, it’s one of the only things that …
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There are things you cannot learn in the city. Sarah Kay’s poem on her summers in “Montauk.”(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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I grew up a New York Yankees fan – I spent part of my childhood in New Jersey and my brother already chose the Mets. I played baseball in Germany in my teens until a school soccer injury and little knee surgery luck ended that. I still love the sport. I literally cannot remember baseball …
Great Aubrey Plaza quote via adios-aurevoir: “When I was in high school, I was obsessed with Mary Wollstonecraft; she was one of the very first feminists ever. My friend and I were always making videos, and we made this movie called Mary Wollstonecraft and the Renaissance Rangers. It was like a Power Rangers spoof, taking all …
Monmouth
Published a new poem, on childhood nostalgia, summer, NJ and… Smash Mouth?
Lots of the world seems to be a repeat. Emma Donoghue. Room. 292. Room is a fascinating book about a 5-year old boy who is born to his Ma in captivity. His whole world is the Room his mother and him are being held in until one day they get out and he has to …
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