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Posted April 4, 2013
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Posted April 1, 2013
Today is the day to play jokes. To set someone up only to announce, at the last crucial moment, “April Fool’s!” To assure that whatever line of malarkey we just stated is totally untrue.
Many writers and various other creative types do a version of this, no matter the date on the calendar, delivering all kinds of silly statements. The difference: We often say these things not only to others but to ourselves, and we’re not joking.
Posted March 27, 2013
"The poems in Tormentors are not all about bees or bullies, but they do deal with the way in which life torments one in small ways, in the most mundane of environments.”
New faculty member Alexandra Oliver talks about her new book, this week on the Stonecoast Faculty Blog.

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