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  • Locked Down and Longing for Community: The Genesis of The Quarantine Review
    Locked Down and Longing for Community: The Genesis of The Quarantine Review
    March 25, 2022

    Locked Down and Longing for Community: The Genesis of The Quarantine Review

    It started in a pub on the Danforth, the bar filled with older gentlemen dejected at the cancellation of the Dave Mason concert at the Music Hall a half-block away. COVID wasn’t real to them yet, as ...

  • On Middles
    On Middles
    June 01, 2018

    On Middles

    Recently I sat at the booksellers’ table during a poetry reading. This is best-case scenario seating. You might feel a little nervous that you’ll spill your drink on hundreds of dollars of merch, ...

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