The rich history of Japanese-language literature challenges assumptions about what counts as U.S. art.
Poetry
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Is it cowboy poetry if it’s not written by a cowboy?
An event protesting the cowboy poetry festival faces questions of growth and authenticity.
Posted inDecember 1, 2023: December 2023
[Antedesolate: On the Western Set of Pioneer Town, California: How to Be a Black Cowboy]
A poem by Jasmine Elizabeth Smith.
Posted inDecember 1, 2023: December 2023
A momentous trade illuminates what’s true
A writer hopes to prove that there’s real labor that goes into her craft.
Posted inOctober 2, 2023: The Dark Side of the Sheepherding Industry
A Hxstory of Renting
Using art to preserve what gets lost when a community gentrifies.
Posted inOctober 2, 2023: The Dark Side of the Sheepherding Industry
Statement of Purpose
A poem by Erin Marie Lynch.
Posted inSeptember 1, 2023: Food Justice
Revisiting the Rock Springs Massacre
In 1885, white coal miners in Wyoming Territory, murdered at least 28 Chinese men and ran the rest of the Chinese out of town at gunpoint. These artworks bring that history back to the present.
Posted inAugust 1, 2023: In the Line of Fire
Things We Were Told About the Moon in School
A poem by Dara Yen Elerath.
Posted inMarch 1, 2023: Moving Parts
‘Gold in the hills, but not for us’
Scenes from California’s backyard petroculture.
Posted inMarch 1, 2023: Moving Parts
Wherefore O Birds and Small Fish Surround Me
A poem by Robert Wrigley.
