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Vincent Toro, Exit Poll

October 19, 2020October 19, 20202 min read

Is your work political? 100 percent What is the place of literature in politics? Literature can serve a number of functions, all revolving around communication.

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Mat Gleason, Exit Poll

October 16, 2020October 16, 20202 min read

Is your work political? It is inevitably political – it is going to reflect some politics as it goes along so I don’t try to

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J. Martin Strangeweather, Exit Poll

October 15, 2020October 15, 20204 min read

Is your work political? All works are political, whether they’re trying to be or not. What is the place of literature in politics? Historically, literature

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Carol Cheh, Exit Poll

October 14, 2020October 14, 20203 min read

Is your work political? Historically, I would not say that I’ve been a particularly political writer in terms of being an activist or someone who

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James Cushing, Exit Poll

October 13, 2020October 16, 20202 min read

Is your work political? Not overtly What is the place of literature in politics?Fugitive. Literature, in the sense of the poetic spirit, is always ahead

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Edward Vidaurre, Exit Poll

October 12, 2020October 12, 20203 min read

Is your work political? Many pieces are. In my new collection, “Pandemia & Other Poems” comes to the world as a salve to a trifecta

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Noel Alumit, Exit Poll

October 9, 2020October 9, 20202 min read

Is your work political? Yes, I explore themes of sexuality, race, immigration —all of it is politicized. What is the place of literature in politics?

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Daniel Weizmann, Exit Poll

October 8, 2020October 13, 20202 min read

Is your work political? Accidentally. I grew up in a highly politicized environment and developed a violent distaste for it. Or put it another way

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Damien Tillman, Exit Poll

October 7, 2020October 16, 20203 min read

Is your work political? Not intentionally. I have this saying, “I write about things that matter to me and unfortunately, everything matters to me.” What is

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Terry Wolverton, Exit Poll

October 6, 2020October 5, 20203 min read

Is your work political? Much of my work explores intersections between power structures of society and how those affect the lives and psyches of individuals—structures