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Juneteenth
29 Jul 2023

Juneteenth

by Sarah Rubin | posted in: Memoir, Poetry | 0

This episode celebrates Juneteenth, with pieces by Mary Carter Smith, Lucille Clifton and Larnell Custis Butler. 

beauty, change, community, control, dreams, healing, heritage, history, holiday, legacy, oppression
Poetry Contest
29 Jul 2023

Poetry Contest

by Sarah Rubin | posted in: Poetry | 0

Passager’s annual poetry contest closes April 15. On this episode, poems from past Poetry Contest issues.

childhood, growing up, healing, mothers, nature, pain
A Peek at the New Issue
26 Jul 2023

A Peek at the New Issue

by Sarah Rubin | posted in: Memoir, Poetry | 0

Two pieces from the forthcoming issue of Passager, from Elaine Logan and Michael Salcman.

childhood, community, growing up, healing, heritage, nature, War
Covid
26 Jul 2023

Covid

by Sarah Rubin | posted in: Poetry | 0

Three poems from Passager writers Anita Mewherter (2018 Open Issue), Pilar Saavedra-Vela and Rex Wilder (2020 Poetry Contest Issue). 

beauty, change, community, family, food, friendship, growing up, healing, nature, pandemic
Battered Wife
26 Jul 2023

Battered Wife

by Sarah Rubin | posted in: Memoir | 0

Excerpts from Iowa writer Pam Kress-Dunn’s memoir “Love and Fury in a Plastic Box,” from the 2019 Passager Open Issue.

abuse, healing, marriage, mothers, pain, violence

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Passager News

Morgenthau winner Winifred Hughes is coming to Baltimore! Join us May 31-June 1 for a reading (alongside local poet Diane Macklin) and sign up for her ecopoetry workshop. Further details on our Events page.

“I wanted to live as boldly as my mother . . . there were places that I lived in fear, and one of them was putting my writing out in public.” Read the full article featuring Passager writers Diane Macklin, Elaine Logan and John Biggs in The Baltimore Beacon.

“I refuse to turn my life over to the disease.” Read the full interview with David Bergman, author of Plain Sight, about the unique challenges of writing with Parkinson’s.

Read “The People Who Started Again In Their 90’s,” an article from The Guardian featuring Passager poet Sarah Yerkes.

The Academy of American Poets has awarded Passager poet Moira Egan the Raiziss/ De Palachi Fellowship for her translation of Letters of Black Fire by Italian poet Giorgiomaria Cornelio.

Headstone received Massachusetts Book Awards Poetry Honors! Congratulations, Mark!

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