The contrasts between the haves and have-nots is so complicated.
ADRIAN MATEJKAEcho of a Scream (1937).’ I got spun out by the way he creates tension and movement through the interlocking details in the painting.
More Adrian Matejka Quotes
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One of the things I took from the show was emotional possibility.
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I wanted to be like Spock because he was unflappable.
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It will alter the way you hear poetry forever. And not in a good way.
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The 1990s were also when a bunch of the soft-shoe language for race, gender, and class became paramount.
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I was just thinking about not getting picked on for being black and not being hungry.
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I had to find a way to be more honest about what happened. And it wasn’t fun to write, even though the poems aren’t 100% autobiographical.
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They are 100% the product of the circumstances that led me home.
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Bigotry doesn’t care about state or regional lines. It’s all over the place.
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The day after the president Trump election, I remember feeling like it was 1984 again.
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That was one of things that surprised me so much when I was writing the poems.
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I wanted to be like Kirk because he had magnetism and the ladies loved him.
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By that I mean, honest and not trying to amplify some mythological version of myself.
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I was always casting about for role models as a kid and the Star Trek was always available via reruns and also full of possibilities.
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But it’s become very clear the past nine years that some Americans truly resent thinking before they speak.
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Echo of a Scream (1937).’ I got spun out by the way he creates tension and movement through the interlocking details in the painting.
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