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    Read Marge Piercy's Poem "Right to Life"
    veleze0
    • Sep 1, 2021
    • 2 min

    Read Marge Piercy's Poem "Right to Life"

    Marge Piercy's poem "Right to Life," remains painfully relevant, touching on themes of reproductive justice and women's bodily autonomy.
     Two Poems: The Male Gaze Fixes on the Maternal, and the Maternal Speaks
    veleze0
    • Jun 14, 2021
    • 3 min

    Two Poems: The Male Gaze Fixes on the Maternal, and the Maternal Speaks

    I examine how "Mary Bly" by James Wright and "Summer in the suburbs: 6:00 A.M." by Jane Kenyon interact with the male gaze and the maternal.
    Teaching Lucille Clifton's "wishes for sons"
    veleze0
    • Jan 9, 2021
    • 1 min

    Teaching Lucille Clifton's "wishes for sons"

    The first time I taught this poem at Georgetown, most of the young men in the class were outraged.

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