Paula Gunn Allen, the revolutionary writer, teacher and cultural historian passed away of lung cancer on May 29.
THE TEXT IS FLESH
by Paula Gunn Allen
They tell me that in Beirut
men lounger around the tables
over thick syrupy coffee
and recite poetry.
Not the ones they’ve made themselves,
but everyone’s poems.
These are people who know
poems are word in flesh, incarnate.
In safer, [...]