"Appropriate" Uses for "Inappropriate" Words, or "Fuck" as a Literary Device

“Nobody paid any attention in Health class. everybody figured they knew all about all that shet. they all heard about it before you know—balling, fucking, blowing, finger banging and K-Y jelly and rubbers and foams that taste gross. you, the dick-cock, the two nuts-balls, the cunt, the clit. fucken ding-dong and ching-ching. big fucken shet…

Murder in 1932

This poem is written from Admiral Stirling’s point of view. In this poem, I wanted to include information on how men accused of rape that resulted in a hung jury were back in prison for their own safety while white men and a white woman accused of murder were sheltered in residence on the USS…

Arson, or On The Writing Process

          Where do stories come from? The usual response, at least in my experience, is everyday inspiration: encounters or observations that spark curiosity, and thus, story. Sometimes it’s an article about the latest breakthrough in food processing, or plague, or an obituary two lines long. Maybe you hear about the Mango Man, a thousand stories in…

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