activism
Vox II: Contributor Notes
by Margaret Rozga As a person who has long been active in social and racial justice movements, my goal as a poet is to create
May 3, 2019
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R&S Contributor Notes
Applauding Forever
These shifts of the perceived subject happen frequently throughout the poem, and cause me as a reader to reread previous lines differently due to the knowledge gained from later lines.
May 29, 2018
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Art and Faith
12.2 Contributor Notes
With a poem, faith is a hidden constellation, beginning with the still-mysterious act of writing. The blank page, which is simultaneously white and dark, is the abyss each writer stares into until the moment, as Nietzsche said, where the abyss stares back into the writer.
May 4, 2018
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11.2
11.2 Contributor Notes: Part Two
When we reach out in words, where we’re safe, we prepare to cross a boundary with respect at our next opportunity. We prepare to offer the comfort we weren’t able or brave enough to offer when our last chance arose.
March 14, 2017
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art
Contributor Notes: 11.2
hese poems are my way of honoring the mysteries of the natural world—weather, geology, our human impermanence—using metaphor and image, rhythm and form to understand our roles in such an intricate system.
February 10, 2017
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beauty and art
Reaching Out to Beauty
What can I offer them? What can I write to them when their fears and questions—along with mine—are so loud in our ears?
February 8, 2017
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From 10.2: I Slaughtered Your Horses by Marlena Bontas
Marlena Bontas’s poetry appears in Rock & Sling 10.2. Of “I Slaughtered Your Horses,” she writes: “I believe there is a deep connection between faith and
February 8, 2016
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Contributor Note, Katie Manning
From issue 10.2, on shelves next week, is Katie Manning. For the past three years, my primary writing project has been a collection of poems
December 10, 2015
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Contributor Note, Cameron Lawrence
Instead of simple biographical material, at the end of every issue, we ask our contributor’s to reflect on the connections they see between their faith
December 9, 2015
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Anya Silver
And Now A Word From Our Contributors: Issue 9.1
The latest issue of Rock & Sling was launched and lauded at the recent 10th anniversary party in Spokane. Be sure to get your wooly
March 17, 2014
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Barbara Haas
Contributor Notes: 8.2
We ask our contributing authors to consider the role of faith in their work, or in the pieces in our issue. It adds some depth
October 19, 2013
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Contributor Notes: 8.1
We ask our contributing authors to consider the role of faith in their work, or in the pieces in our issue. It adds some depth
February 16, 2013
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Contributor Notes, Issue 6.2
We ask our contributing authors to consider the role of faith in their work, or in the pieces in our issue. It adds some depth
August 2, 2011
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Contributor Notes
We ask our contributing authors to consider the role of faith in their work, or in the pieces in our issue. It adds some depth
February 10, 2011
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