D. A. Powell

My mind isn't dirty. It's organic.

A poem by Virginia Hamilton Adair, who published her debut collection at the age of 83

I don’t want to be a writer anymore I want to be a book

I think the Golden State Valkyries are a superstar away from true championship contention, and should try to trade for one of these three stars

hobbies include falling asleep and waking up again

The new Tiresias

I was bummed they cut Odysseus' soliloquy about how, if not for the courage of the fearless crew, the minnow would be lost.

how can a private diary be made public without the diarist's permission? I could not even reprint a three-line letter to me by John Updike because his widow would not allow it; the law is, even if you own the paper on which something is printed, you do not "own" the written work which remains the possession of the writer or, in Updike's case, the Updike estate.

Obviously, Donald Trump is a loser.

A Dean Young painting from a Berkeley visit in 2004. He loved giving gifts. Once, after a reading in Austin, he put a small stone skull in my hand. I said what's this for? He smiled like an excited child: "it's a skull!" 💀😎❤️

In this age of vicious disagreement, I wrote about how literary criticism finds pleasure in our differences. "Appreciation without Liking" describes how we can validate another person's reasons for liking a work of art, even when it's not to our taste. newliteraryhistory.org/current-issue/

Adapting the same story into a new film is neither sequel nor prequel. It's a requel.

Émotion et solidarité après l’attaque odieuse à Berlin contre le Christopher Street Day. Pensées aux victimes, à leurs proches, au peuple allemand. Face à la haine et à la violence, notre réponse sera toujours l’unité, la liberté et la fermeté.

Every time a website gives you a cookie they should be required to also give you a cookie. 🍪

@DDDrewDaniel 🎊❤️‼️

It's my mother's 82nd birthday today, and I'm delighted to say she's still essentially the same person seen below in these snaps my grandfather took of her in 1) happy and 2) bored mode. Give it up for Kathleen everybody!

Emmett Till should be celebrating his 85th birthday today. Instead, he was robbed not only of his life, but of every year, relationship, dream, and possibility that should have followed. White supremacy destroys lives, wounds generations, and depends on our willingness to look away. Remember Emmett. Reject the hatred that killed him. Continue the work of dismantling every system that devalues Black life. #EmmettTill

When you go a block or two out of your way in order to take a leak? That's a peetour.

He has radioactive blood

Half of poetry is finding the right words. The rest is just finding the wrong words. For balance.

Michelin-starred restaurateur faces jail for using ants as dessert garnish bbc.in/45fvh95

When is Mitch McConnell gonna say 'Over MY dead body!'