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Hope for the Drowning
Revisiting Wisława Szymborska and reflecting on this time last year
Jun 30
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Zina Gomez-Liss
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10 Days and a Pair of Gold Pants
An under caffeinated, highly boozy account of a my 10-day MFA residency at the University of St. Thomas in Houston. PLUS: online event tomorrow…
Jun 24
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Zina Gomez-Liss
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Love, Poetry, and Mixtapes
Making poetry into a deeply personal shared experience can save poetry. Revisiting an earlier essay.
Jun 14
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Zina Gomez-Liss
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May 2025
The Red Line: A Memoir
Ascension Day, Reunion Theory, and Boston's public transit system
May 31
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Zina Gomez-Liss
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Adventures in the Kiln
What it's like to be a poet on Substack. I was going to write advice but realized I'm probably doing some of this WRONG! Plus: Scharl vs. AI, Popa…
May 22
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Zina Gomez-Liss
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Monumental Verse and the New Sublime
A poetry conversation with Chained Muse’s David Gosselin and Versecraft’s Elijah Blumov. On narrative poetry, where patronage comes from, and more…
May 1
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Zina Gomez-Liss
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Monumental Verse and the New Sublime
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April 2025
Tenebrae, Bigotry, and Flannery
Reading the part of Pontius Pilate for Good Friday Mass and “Everything That Rises Must Converge” for The Catherine Project
Apr 19
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Zina Gomez-Liss
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Tenebrae, Bigotry, and Flannery
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Memorize a Poem in Minutes
Knowing a poem by heart is a soul flourishing exercise. Here are some beautiful, short poems to memorize and a little advice.
Apr 17
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Zina Gomez-Liss
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How to Kill a Poet
Stop writing about the Death of Poetry. Poetry doesn’t die; poets do. A case study. Or a memoir.
Apr 8
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Zina Gomez-Liss
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March 2025
The Art of Looking Up
Learning about PERSPECTIVE while chaperoning a 4th grade field trip to the Museum of Fine Arts
Mar 30
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Zina Gomez-Liss
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A Fulsome Ides Revisited
The Tragedie of Guerinca a year later. Considering the “fulsome explanation” and clarifications from the former editor and the magazine’s founder.
Mar 15
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Zina Gomez-Liss
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Living Masters of the Poetic Tradition
These are the three poets alive today who have had the greatest impact on me. PLUS: A note about my upcoming reading this Sunday
Mar 14
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Zina Gomez-Liss
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