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Julia Massey on UMBC
Saturday, March 17, 2018 11:10 — 0 Comments
UMBC is in Catonsville, MD. It’s the university (and on-campus library) that all of us kids at Catonsville High School went to to feel like we were “really researching†stuff, and where there were ample fields to host regional lacrosse tournaments in which we participated. It is the home of the Retrievers where I’d gone to see a game or two with my former high school coach and totally-obsessed-with-college-basketball father. It’s where Sugar Ray came for a festival once and a classmate got pulled on stage during a song. As a practice, I like to catch at least a few […]
The Monarch Drinks With Mary Lambert
Monday, August 12, 2013 10:54 — 0 Comments
My evening with Mary Lambert – the female voice who brought immense life to Macklemore’s song “Same Love†– begins over the phone when she calls me almost in tears. She is running late for our interview because of a dentist appointment, which has rendered her mouth numb. I wonder if she will cancel because of such an unexpected turn of events in her day, but she only thanks me for my patience and shows up anyway.Â
The answer isn't poetry, but rather language
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