African Jump Ball

for E. Ethelbert Miller Can you dribble? Aw man, you can't dribble. Do you know travelling ain't going to the West Side to see your woman? Dribble, man! This ain't no Amtrak Metroliner! Don't bogarde me, trying to roll off to the left. Your layup ain't that tough. Don't try the sky hook. Give me that ball, partner. Give me that ball. This is friendship one on one. I'll cut you some slack. Go back to
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—Afaa Michael Weaver, from Multitudes

Mark Jarman is interviewed by the Savannah Morning News.

Lia Purpura's Rough Likeness is reviewed in the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

The 2012 Kathryn A. Morton and Mary McCarthy contests are now open for submission! Click here to submit your manuscript electronically.

03-09-2012
Rough Likeness

2nd floor Rotunda 121 The Valley Library Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331–4501
7:30 pm Reading from Rough Likeness


JoLynn O Hearn
jolynn.ohearn@oregonstate.edu
(541) 737-8226
http://calendar.oregonstate.edu/event/56349/

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