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Jo Ann Hardesty, police reform, and protester violence
Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty has been a vocal advocate for police reform for decades. Today she is the driving force behind...

David Matthews
Jul 11, 20204 min read
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The Pope project part II: on to Pope
The Pope project kicked off in earnest with Maynard Mack's formidable biography and a selection of poems that included An Essay on...

David Matthews
Jul 7, 202015 min read
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The Pope (Alexander the poet, not the pontiff) project part I: why bother?
The work of great poetry is to aid us to become free artists of ourselves. —Harold Bloom The English poetry tradition, what is now in...

David Matthews
Jun 29, 20208 min read
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A creative passion?
If as nineteenth-century anarchist Mikhail Bakunin had it the passion for destruction is a creative passion, we live in a time awash with...

David Matthews
Jun 25, 20204 min read
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Not just buildings, and other untimely thoughts
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported on June 6 that more than 500 shops and restaurants in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul...

David Matthews
Jun 9, 20205 min read
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Minneapolis
The killing of George Floyd should shake each of us to our core. Far from an isolated incident, it is only the latest episode in a long...

David Matthews
May 30, 20206 min read
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