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Author: Evan Karp

Sean Taylor, “Sings Us Both to Sleep” 

Posted on February 17, 2021February 18, 2021 by Evan Karp

A deaf old man who doesn’t own a clock. A smoking couple with a baby monitor. This piece was lovely—I couldn’t tell whether to be sympathetic or sorry, self-conscious or awed. Rachel Chen on Sean Taylor’s “Sings Us Both to Sleep” (sPARKLE & bLINK 31) sparkle + blink 4.0 by Quiet Lightning

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DISPLACED POETRY READINGS LANDED AT BABAR

DISPLACED POETRY READINGS LANDED AT BABAR

Posted on May 12, 2017August 21, 2023 by Evan Karp

One literary organizer said to another: “Can you get a couple of Babar people to come in and read at the Octopus?” The resulting reading series, Babar in Exile, celebrates one year of quarterly shows this Thursday. Paul Corman-Roberts, poet and founder of the Beast Crawl festival, asked the question of poet Richard Loranger, who, in his 20s, Read More

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