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Guilty Until Proven Innocent: The Unjust Imprisonment of Channen Smith

Malcolm McCollum, Nonfiction, Writings, Writings / By

At about 2 a.m. Saturday morning, October 23, 2010, outside the residence of Brandon Savage (street name “Ghostface”) at 1843 North Harvard Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, two people were shot. One was Carlameisha Jefferson (street name “24”), and she was treated in the emergency room and survived her wounds. The other was Dominique Jasper (street name […]

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Kevin’s Much-Loved Poems–“Requiem” by Robert Louis Stevenson

Nonfiction, Poetry, Writings, Writings / By

This is the seventh in a series of columns that feature a much-loved poem, and a second poem that speaks to, or resonates with, the first poem. This week’s poem is “Requiem,” written by Robert Louis Stevenson. This poem was carved into Stevenson’s gravestone. The line that attracted me was “Glad did I live and

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Kevin’s Much Loved Poems–“Lead,” “Unto a Broken Heart,” and “Hello, Heart”

Kevin Arnold, Nonfiction, Poetry, Writings, Writings / By

This continues the series of columns that highlight a much-loved poem and presents other poems that speak to, or resonate with, that poem. This week features “Lead,” by Mary Oliver. The second related poem is by Emily Dickinson; the third is one of mine. The complete Poetry Foundation entry on Mary Oliver is available at Poetry Foundation:

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Kevin’s Much-Loved Poems: “Oatmeal,” “Dinky,” and “Jabberwocky”

Kevin Arnold, Nonfiction, Poetry, Writings, Writings / By

This continues a series of columns that feature a much-loved poem and a poems that speak to, or resonate with, that poem. This week’s poem is “Oatmeal,” written by Galway Kinnell in the late 1980s. The two poems that resonate with Galway’s are “Dinky” by Theodore Roethke and “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll. Kinnell was Poet

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