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Posted on August 22, 2021December 11, 2022

Interpretive Typing #1

You’ve heard of “interpretive dance.” Well, this is “interpretive typing”: the free intervention into the layout of a significant text using the capabilities of a typewriter to focus or even redirect attention.

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Posted on February 24, 2018February 24, 2018

Not Six of One

“Tolerance is a very good quality in a man: if it were commoner, the world of today would be a more agreeable place to live in than it is; but I am not so sure that it is so good in a writer. Continue reading “Not Six of One”

Posted on February 10, 2013February 10, 2013

Lead into Gold: Review of John Leax’s “Tabloid News”

The words “tabloid” and “poetry” don’t usually go together. That’s the genius behind this collection of poems inspired by actual tabloid-news headlines. You won’t believe them, but in a good way. Continue reading “Lead into Gold: Review of John Leax’s “Tabloid News””

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