Nayomi Munaweera’s Writing Life

When Nayomi Munaweera’s first novel, Island of a Thousand Mirrors, was released in 2011, she threw a…

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I hadn’t had a bipolar episode since 2011 and it had been extremely rough. It had me wandering the streets of San Diego, in and out of county and outpatient hospitals, and lasted roughly 3 or so months. By 2015 I thought I had it under complete control and that no perfect storm of triggers could possibly cause me to…

SPIT, POET! 5 Spoken Word Collectives You Should Know

Spit, Poet! is a monthly series written by Taylor Steele that identifies the different and emerging trends, artists, and events in the slam community.

From the Folio

An Interview With Drunken Boat 23’s Izidora Angel

Bright Lights and Dark Corners

I have seen an explosion in writing, support, and awareness regarding mental health issues in the past…

Poets Who Will Not Remain Silent:

Dispatch from Split This Rock! Poetry Festival 2016

“silence / from our imagination / in wave upon
wave / in a shipping container & I love you
in a box of shock you love me / in a cemented
dream / we’re a happy…

Include/Exclude

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Sometimes I’ll look up the history of a word. I do this because I want to get inside the skin of certain words, to inhabit those words at the level of blood, bone, and tendon, in order to more fully grasp what a word can mean. I do this with include. I have been thinking…

Drunken Boat: What We’re Up To.

Readers, writers, friends, community, artists. I’m delighted to share with you some news and updates from Drunken Boat, and from our staff.

Make Me Lose Control

Years ago (ten? god.), three of us huddled around a too-small table in front of the Java House in Iowa City: myself…