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Ross Gay
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Ross Gay is PEN America Literary Award Finalist, Releases Album
‘Be Holding: A Poem’ (University of Pittsburgh Press), written by Bloomington poet Ross Gay, is a finalist for the 2021 PEN America PEN/Jean Stein…
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Guggenheim Fellow Sam Stephenson Finds B-town a Fertile Place to Write
Author Sam Stephenson’s work focuses on the culture, music, and art that develops in large cities like Los Angeles and New York, yet, he…
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New Books from IU Press: Girl With Death Mask
Girl With Death Mask, a collection of sometimes searing, sometimes fantastical, always transcendent poems by Jennifer Givhan, is the winner of the 2017 Blue…
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Three Poets Spreading the Power of Poetry (PHOTO GALLERY) (COVER STORY)
If you need a tonic to lift your spirits at this dismal time in our history, you should try poetry. It might even save…
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100 Reasons to Love Bloomington (August Cover Story)
BY CARMEN SIERING WITH BARB BERGGOETZ & ELISABETH ANDREWS, ILLUSTRATIONS BY MIKE CAGLE It’s a wonderful town. It was no easy task honing down the…
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IU Poet Ross Gay Receives National Book Award Recognition
BY JULIE GRAY Poet and Indiana University creative writing professor Ross Gay learned that he had been nominated for the National Book Award in…
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Feature Story: Bloomington’s Literary Lights
Eight local authors who have gained national prominence in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. BY JEREMY SHERE, PHOTOGRAPHY BY JIM KRAUSE Bloomington’s literary landscape has,…