Read page 1 here.
Katherine Riegel re-calls the Poetry Crisis Line (page 1 of 6)
Read “Talking” by Katherine Riegel
Not every black turtleneck has a silver lining.
To Go with My Sunglasses
The Walrus and the Carpenters
William Butler Yeats calls the Poetry Crisis Line
From “The Second Coming” by William Butler Yeats.
James Baldwin calls the Poetry Crisis Line
From an interview in Esquire, 1968
The Civil Rights Act was signed into law on this date in 1964.
Carl Reiner calls the Comedy Crisis Line
Rest in peace, Carl Reiner (March 20, 1922-June 29, 2020)
Sherman Alexie calls the Poetry Crisis Line
Today is the 48th anniversary of Furman v. Georgia, in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the arbitrary and inconsistent imposition of the death penalty violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
Read “Capital Punishment” by Sherman Alexie here.