Some urban raccoons can untie knots and open doors. Fisher cats aren’t felines and don’t eat fish. A bobcat’s teeth have evolved to fit precisely into the spaces of its prey’s spinal cord. Spotted skunks warn away predators by doing a handstand on their front feet and spreading their back legs in the air. As […]
The Silver City Public Library will host a Winter Poetry Challenge in partnership with the current poet laureate of Silver City and Grant County, Heather Frankland, in December 2024 and January 2025! The poet laureate program is housed within the Southwest Word Fiesta. Challenge bingo cards will be available at the library, and participants will […]
Poetic Micro Essays This column features Tripod Poems, poetic micro essays inspired by three randomly chosen words. These words become the title of the piece, are contained within the piece and are developed into observations on life in the Southwest and beyond. Fence – Parlay – Alacrity Parlay: to increase or changeinto something of much greater […]
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The Silver City Public Library will host a Winter Poetry Challenge in partnership with the current poet laureate of Silver City and Grant County, Heather Frankland, in December 2024 and January 2025! The poet laureate program is housed within the Southwest Word Fiesta. Challenge bingo cards will be available at the library, and participants will […]
Some urban raccoons can untie knots and open doors. Fisher cats aren’t felines and don’t eat fish. A bobcat’s teeth have evolved to fit precisely into the spaces of its prey’s spinal cord. Spotted skunks warn away predators by doing a handstand on their front feet and spreading their back legs in the air. As […]
After taking a break in 2023, we’re back with the 19th mostly-annual Gila River Festival!
Click here to watch the Southwest Word Fiesta Interview with Bonnie Buckley Maldonado-Poet Laureate Emeritus of Southwest Word Fiesta. The nine-year-old had entrusted her best thoughts to a poem copied from a Big Chief tablet into her diary. “Bonnie Mae Buckley” read the golden letters on the diary’s leather cover. I could not read itto anyonebecause diary wordsare a secret.Besides, someonemight […]
ONE TRUE SENTENCE #32 WITH TIM O’BRIEN
Tim O’Brien, the author of The Things They Carried, Dad’s Maybe Book, and America Fantastica, shares his one true sentence from The Sun Also Rises. Toward the end of the episode, we also reflect on Tim’s riveting speech at Dominican University during the 2016 Hemingway Society conference in Oak Park, Illinois.
The African American writer James Baldwin was born one hundred years ago this month. He was a beacon in dark times.
By JJ
James Baldwin was the conscience of the United States. He took a cold, hard look at his nation and called out its injustices in writing that was cadenced, even-handed, and true. He was a great novelist and, arguably, an even greater essayist; he simply knew things about the human soul that others didn’t know, and […]
Haiku is a traditional form of Japanese poetry, consisting of three lines with a syllable count of 5-7-5 and inspired by nature. Fill out the submission form with your name, email, and text of the poem, making sure it is well-written and formatted. Your haiku will be reviewed and, if accepted, added to the Haiku section of the website for all to enjoy.
ONE TRUE PODCAST Amanda Vaill on the Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War was a brutal and maddeningly complex historical event, with enormous repercussions on Ernest Hemingway’s life and career. To guide us through the many moving parts and frayed relationships, we welcome back Amanda Vaill to One True Podcast.
Vaill’s essential book, Hotel Florida: Truth, Love, and Death in the Spanish Civil War, guides us through the events of the war, including the private adventures of Hemingway, Martha Gellhorn, John Dos Passos, Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and more. We discuss what the war meant to Hemingway and his writing that would follow, and how many of his relationships would never be the same.
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Poetic Micro Essays This column features Tripod Poems, poetic micro essays inspired by three randomly chosen words. These words become the title of the piece, are contained within the piece and are developed into observations on life in the Southwest and beyond. Fence – Parlay – Alacrity Parlay: to increase or changeinto something […]
Let’s pretend I don’t know about the election next week. You’ve all decided without me, and many have already voted. So I’m going to continue last column’s insignificant comments on economics. Nothing about the election. I promise. Last time I talked about immigration and population. But there’s more to economic problems than […]
by JJ
Some urban raccoons can untie knots and open doors. Fisher cats aren’t felines and don’t eat fish. A bobcat’s teeth have evolved to fit precisely into the spaces of its prey’s spinal cord. Spotted skunks warn away predators by doing a handstand on their front feet and spreading their back legs in […]
The immigration debate is an unstoppable force in this election, but behind the scenes it runs up against two immovable objects — population trends and economic forces. How we vote won’t necessarily change the outcome. Have you recently had any difficulty finding eager, competent people to do a job? If you haven’t, […]
Poetic Micro Essays This column features Tripod Poems, poetic micro essays inspired by three randomly chosen words. These words become the title of the piece, are contained within the piece and are developed into observations on life in the Southwest and beyond. Antelope – Imagine – Cultivate Oh, give me a homewhere the […]
You might ask (as many did at a hearing on Sept. 11), “What part of ‘no’ does the Air Force not understand?” They pointed out that a proposal to fly Alamogordo-based jets over the Gila had been shot down at a hearing in December 2019. A new proposal for Arizona-based jets seemed […]
The hawk comes soaring,
wings stretched out across the sky,
riding blades of light.
Jacqueline Blurton
Shadows dance on ground
Slow waltz and then a tango
Breeze sets the tempo
Sandy Feutz
My footsteps defile
the creamy-white sand, so smooth,
like new-fallen snow.
Joni Kay Rose
Late in September
the poppies keep insisting
that it’s still springtime.
Joni Kay Rose
(July 21,1899- July 2, 1961)
A literary lion, some say, others portray him as an author who had an understated style perhaps too economical. But we admit he had a strong impact on the writers of fiction of the last century and even today.. He was probably best known for his seven works of fiction: The Sun […]
(1926-2018)
Felipe de Ortego y Gasca was a man apart. His life was a picaresque tale – part Charles Dickens, part Great Gatsby. He was orphaned as a child, never graduated from High School but became a university professor, served his country in three conflicts, met James Baldwin and Richard Wright in Paris, […]
Every day I drive the same highway to get into town. I have driven this route thousands of times and is my daily commute. I am lucky, I live in a small rural Southwest community nestled in the foothills of the Gila Wilderness. My commute is a beautiful drive through wild country […]
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Poetry Centered Podcast
Poetry Centered features curated selections from Voca, the University of Arizona Poetry Center’s online audiovisual archive.
Words in a Wire
A literary radio show hosted by Daniel Chacón and Tim Z. Hernandez covering fiction, poetry, the writing community and more.
Mysteries to Die For
Hey, check it out – the newest episode of the “Mysteries to Die For” podcast is available! Ed Teja’s mystery story, “The Death That Jack Died,” is in the spotlight. Don’t wait, tune in now
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The African American writer James Baldwin was born one hundred years ago this month. He was a beacon in dark times.
By JJ
James Baldwin was the conscience of the United States. He took a cold, hard look at his nation and called out its injustices in writing that was cadenced, even-handed, and true. He was a great novelist and, arguably, an even […]
The chilling bite of
Autumn’s kiss on my apple
red cheeks this morning
Kendra Millingan
ONE TRUE PODCAST Amanda Vaill on the Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War was a brutal and maddeningly complex historical event, with enormous repercussions on Ernest Hemingway’s life and career. To guide us through the many moving parts and frayed relationships, we welcome back Amanda Vaill to One True Podcast.
Vaill’s essential book, Hotel Florida: Truth, Love, and Death in the Spanish Civil War, guides us through the events of the war, including the private adventures of Hemingway, Martha Gellhorn, John Dos Passos, Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and more. We discuss what the war meant to Hemingway and his writing that would follow, and how many of his relationships would never be the same.
(July 21,1899- July 2, 1961)
A literary lion, some say, others portray him as an author who had an understated style perhaps too economical. But we admit he had a strong impact on the writers of fiction of the last century and even today.. He was probably best known for his seven works of fiction: The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, To Have […]