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3 Poems by Daniel Varoujan Translated From The Armenian
from Song of Bread TO THE MUSE (OVERTURE) Muse of my ancestors, tell me how the plowman, grabbing the crooked horns of his plow, tears the barren breast of the earth; how the torrents of the sun fertilize wounds Tell me how one raises bundles of tawny wheat, how the mill-stones whine, how the dough overflows from the mixer, how one shoves it in for a trial by fire Tell me of the joy of bread, holy bread, joy-giver, strength-giver Muse, crown my lyre with ears of wheat! By the bushels, in the...
Hurt Most by the Pandemic, Women Need Economic Justice
2020 started on a historic high note: Women held the majority (50.4%) of jobs in the United States for the first time in nearly a decade. Then COVID-19 came along. It didn’t take long for institutions like the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and even the United Nations to notice that women were being hit harder by the pandemic. They were more likely to be unemployed, more likely to be overworked and less likely to have access to a social safety net.
Lovers, Everywhere: Sex Workers Speak in "Hustling Verse"
“What subjugates a population more than being criminalized? Having our stories told by outsiders.” This is the line Amber Dawn stresses as she takes center stage at Skylight Books in LA with fellow editor Justin Ducharme to present Hustling Verse: An Anthology of Sex Workers’ Poetry. Like all trailblazing firsts, this book has a history. In 2013, Amber launched How Poetry Saved My Life: A Hustler’s Memoir.
What's Hot in KU
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In Cuba, a Chinatown With No Chinese
“The barrio chino? Not even the Chinese go there.” In Havana’s barrio chino, or Chinatown district, this is not an uncommon phrase. One of Latin America’s oldest Chinatowns is a shadow of its former self: the stone Paifang gate and a few waitresses in red cheongsam (or qipao), all that distinguish it from the rest of the city. Yet Cuba itself is awash in Chinese tourists and, increasingly, investors.
Why the Bindi Isn’t Indie
It’s early, the sun not yet high enough to pierce the LA skyline, when Kat gets up to meditate. She spends half an hour cross-legged on a low wooden stool—yoga mats are harder to get up from at her age, she jokes—and then gets ready for the day. As she’s finishing up her makeup with setting powder, she chooses a clear crystal bindi from her collection and carefully sticks it on. “It centers me.
The Bindi Isn’t Indie
It’s early, the sun not yet high enough to pierce the LA skyline, when Kat gets up to meditate. She spends half an hour cross-legged on a low wooden stool—yoga mats are harder to get up from at her age, she jokes—and then gets ready for the day. As she’s finishing up her makeup with setting powder, she chooses a clear crystal bindi from her collection and carefully sticks it on. “It centers me.
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