The Long and Short of It
Nancy DafoeMy personal Substack on writing and literature, as well as comments on culture.
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Commitment to Artistic Freedom and Agency
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Why is poetic freedom necessary? Or why is artistic freedom necessary?
Battling racism, the great James Baldwin wrote about the creative act, “all societies have battled with the incorrigible disturber of the peace—the artist.” Bald...
“She Came in Through the Bathroom Window” and the “Long and Winding Road” to Revision
First, thank you to the Beatles for their music. On the way home from teaching a prose poetry class on a Tuesday night, I happened to listen to an early version of Paul McCartney’s song “She Came in Through the Bathroom Window” on the Siriu...
Collision of Mathematics, Physics, and Poetry
There is a wonderful little book, The Universe in Verse (Storey Publishing, 2024), that explores the locus where physics, mathematics, and poetry converge. Written by the wise Maria Popova and illustrated by the wonderful Ofra Amit, this am...
Blues, Jazz, and the Great River Road
Famed jazz trumpet player Wendell Brunious and clarinet player extraordinaire Caroline Brunious, Wendell’s wife and partner in a jazz ensemble, lit up the night with an inspiring performance on a Mississippi River boat in June 2025. The Bru...
Creating a New Poetry Form
Creating a New Poetry Form
Even if one wanted to ignore the horrendous politics of the day, our myriad forms of technology bring it clamoring into our lives. Attempting to turn away, at least momentarily, from the fairly awful to truly hor...
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