The dream, then: to erupt/ into a sturdier form, like a wild lotus bursting into// its tantrum of blades. Kaveh Akbar What if tantrums are songs that raise our truths, our multitudes, our heart’s desires? What if annihilation makes us buoyant an...

That I could be this excellence at this time/ sudden, changed, peaceful, & woke. May Yang What if we are all excellent? What if we all are gold medalists in our day-to-day? What if we are ferocious dreamers, sublime imaginators, divine conjuro...

I Received My Ph.D. from the University of Texas in 2003. My dissertation, Living Wide-Awakeness: High School Drama Teachers Creating Opportunities For Powerful Encounters With The Arts, examined the work of two high school drama teachers. I ca...

But there are moments, walking, when I catch a glimpse of myself in the window glass,/ say, the window of the corner video store, and I'm gripped by a cherishing so deep/ for my own blowing hair, chapped face, and unbuttoned coat that I'm speechless:...