*Ostranenie* is a literary term coined by Russian writer and critic Viktor Shklovsky to describe how art takes reality out of context, making the ordinary seem strange. Stare at any one thing long enough it recedes into form without meaning. Roof edge beyond the window becomes a floating angle, abstract against cloud-clotted background, rain layered […]
Laura Weldon
Laura Grace Weldon has published two poetry collections, Blackbird (Grayson 2019) and Tending (Aldrich 2013). She was named Ohio Poet of the Year for 2019. Laura works as a book editor and teaches community-based writing workshops. She lives with vast optimism on a small farm where she'd get more done if she didn't spend so much time reading library books, cooking weird things, and singing to livestock. Connect with her at lauragraceweldon.com
Investments Unrelated To Financial Security
An article in my newsfeed says you must have at least 8 times your highest annual salary invested to plan for retirement. My kitchen floor linoleum is falling apart and the cupboards are sagging, still I wouldn’t do things differently. Times you wrote to legislators and marched in rallies, hoping to speak for a more […]