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Posted on Jun 20, 2019Aug 13, 2019 by: Germ Magazine guest author

Walmart by Tina

is my least favorite store on earth. The lighting ghosts my face. The music is nauseating. And all their products remind me of little children …

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Posted on Oct 20, 2015Nov 16, 2015 by: Seanna Pratt

Writing as an Outlet: An Interview with Tonya Ingram

Depression can sneak up behind you silently, encompass you, drown you, all the while you’re crying on your bedroom floor thinking, What the hell is …

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Posted on Jul 8, 2015Feb 12, 2019 by: Chloe Barreau

Barrier Gods by Chloe Barreau

The idea of writing a poem on the inside of an envelope — instead of a notebook — seems romantic after binging on fiction and …

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Posted on Nov 14, 2014Nov 30, 2014 by: Germ Magazine guest author

Fiona Apple’s Parting Advice for Every ‘I Know I Said Forever, But—’ by SaraEve

She is teaching me to play the piano, says this is the last thing she has for me. But I am all left handed, emotional, banging …

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Posted on Oct 3, 2014Nov 3, 2014 by: Germ Magazine guest author

For You by Caroline Rothstein

. I want to melt purple violets and yellow roses into the arch of your back and run daisies over the course of your childhood, …

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Posted on Aug 25, 2014Jan 2, 2015 by: Seanna Pratt

A New Movement: “The Uninterrupted Project”

By being a part of PSA (Poetry Slam Association) at my college, I’ve gotten to know some pretty cool poets (who also know other cool …

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Posted on Aug 22, 2014Nov 3, 2014 by: Germ Magazine guest author

Fat by Caroline Rothstein

I am not fat. It took me twenty-two years to purge words onto a page the same way I purged my body into stomach ulcers, …

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Posted on Aug 12, 2014Aug 19, 2016 by: R. Shannon Duval

Sarah Kay: If I Should Have a Daughter

  Poet Sarah Kay created her first spoken word poem at age fourteen and shares how spoken word poetry helps her to make sense of …

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Posted on Mar 31, 2014Nov 4, 2014 by: Sheryl Monks

Interview with Poet and Divergent Actress Blythe Baird

At only seventeen years of age, actress, writer, and feminist Blythe Baird has already established an impressive resume. Most notably to date is her recent appearance in …

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