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Homage: A Poem and Ten Haikus in Loving Memory

LITERARY         by Amyre Loomis Not Alone on Saturday at 2 AM For Prof. Warsh, LIU English 503, October 2010 2am night moon and window light wakes-up my four bedposts just walked up tar path past the…

Homage to Lewis Warsh: from DEAR LEWIS

LITERARY         by Lisa Rogal Dear Lewis, The one nice thing about dead people is you can tell them anything. Dear Lewis, I feel I should tell you a story. My dad said you’ve got to have…

Homage to Lewis Warsh: Days of the Week

LITERARY         by  Sarah Anne Wallen  for Lewis       Monday the crossword is easy Tuesday begins with a “T” Wednesday I get a bodega coffee and pay in quarters Thursday I find three free books…

Homage to Lewis Warsh: Closer to You

LITERARY         by Tamara Lebron Phil likes to spend time jotting down notes in a small, worn-out yellow notepad that he carries around all day, every day. He keeps it in his pant back pocket, folded and…

Homage to Lewis Warsh: Blaze Your Own Path

LITERARY         by Zahra Patterson We met in a dimly lit room My heart was pounding Just watching and waiting for the moment He began to speak very slowly I was drawn in from day one Every…

Homage to Lewis Warsh: Fetch

LITERARY         by Desiree Rucker Yes, Professor, I am working. I am now, as you once were, (How did I term it that day in class?) “Representing for The Man.” When all else fails there is always…

How Maya Culture Can Teach Us to Reevaluate Ourselves

Two semesters ago I took a course at SUNY Cortland called Maya Culture. Going into this class, I was expecting to learn the history of the Maya, and how the effects of colonialism still affect them today. What I was…

US Role Behind the Defeat of Ecuador’s Leftist Presidential Candidate

The US role in the defeat of leftist Andrés Arauz in Ecuador’s presidential contest on April 11 was not overt because it did not need to be, according to a high-ranking Latin American diplomat. We met with the diplomat and…

The China Fear Factor

America vs. China: “A Clash of Civilizations” Hillary Clinton famously said, “’I don’t want my grandchildren to live in a world dominated by the Chinese.” During his tenure, President Obama launched his “Pivot to Asia,” moving 60% of US naval…

Chernobyl is everywhere!

Start: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 • 8:00 PM • Moscow, St. Petersburg, Volgograd (GMT+03:00) Host Contact Info: info@progressive.international “Chernobyl is everywhere.” Back in 1986, just after the nuclear meltdown in the north of Ukrainian SSR, the philosopher Günther Anders adjusted his previous slogan “Hiroshima is everywhere”…

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