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Talking Writing with Adrian Ryan

Tuesday, September 1, 2015 14:57 — 0 Comments

Flat out, Adrian Ryan is one of The Monarch’s favorite writers. He’s quick-witted, sharp, funny and throws himself into every topic he’s involved in. He’s written some of our most popular Drinks With features and he’s appeared on our podcast. He’s a chum of a swell fellow! Since he’s one of our faves, we thought it smart to ask him about writing and what’s next for him. 

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Love at First Swipe with Maggie

Thursday, August 27, 2015 10:46 — 0 Comments

Maggie MK Hess is The Monarch’s resident online dating (read: Tinder) expert. She is throwing a galla event called Love at First Swipe Sep. 17. In honor of the event, we asked her a few questions to see whaasssup?!!

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Brett Hamil’s Election Advice

Tuesday, August 4, 2015 10:16 — 0 Comments

Wrtier Brett Hamil is holding a fundraiser for Councilmember Kshama Sawant on Thursday, Aug. 13th. We asked Brett for his thoughts on Sawant’s history in office and what his hopes are for this upcoming local election.   The fundraiser you’re doing for Kshama Sawant’s campaign must have two goals: to raise money for her and to get her message out. Can you elaborate on your mission?  Kshama is the #1 reason I’m engaged in local politics. In her less than two years on the council she’s been able to completely change the civic conversation and tilt it towards the needs of […]

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A Sandwich for Ijeoma Oluo

Tuesday, July 28, 2015 13:12 — 0 Comments

I love making sandwiches. I love making sandwiches and I think I’m really good at it. I also like talking with interesting people. In this column, I make sandwiches and talk with interesting people.    

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W.A.S.H with Maged Zaher

Tuesday, July 28, 2015 9:42 — 0 Comments

At Women Against Street Harassment, we tend to focus, as the name implies, on women. But in 2015, with fatal police shootings approaching four hundred, in addition to the nine dead in the Charleston Church shooting, and a string of black churches burning in the south, it feels crucial that we discuss street harassment and public violence within a human context. These acts of violence and arson have left many people of color feeling that there is no safe place, not in the streets, not in their homes, schools, or churches. WASH sat down with poet and Stranger Genius Award […]

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Distinctions in Proximity: Quenton Baker and Alex Gallo-Brown

Monday, July 27, 2015 12:47 — 0 Comments

The following correspondence, which took place as part of a series of conversations between artists and activists, was distributed as a free pamphlet to attendees of the US Social Forum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in June. For the project, which was conceived by the Philadelphia-based artist/activist Maggie Ginestra, participants were asked to begin with a question about the other’s work and to go back and forth three times. Quenton Baker is a poet and teacher whose work operates from the premise that poetry is a vital art, one that can rewrite narratives by naming the storms inside of us all; his […]

The answer isn't poetry, but rather language

- Richard Kenney

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