Prioritizing mental wellness has been the theme of 2024, and for good reason. In a world where stress levels are high and self-esteem is often low, finding balance in pursuing art is a beacon …
The
Kenyon Review in which I converse with poets about their work and interests both on and off the page. Today’s poet is torrin a. greathouse, author of the debut collection
Wound from the Mouth of a Wound (Milkweed Editions, 2020), the winner of the Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetry selected by Aimee Nezhukumatathil. They have received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Effing Foundation, Zoeglossia, and the University of Arizona Poetry Center. They are the author of two chapbooks,
Therǝ is a Case That I Ɐm (Damaged Goods, 2017) and
boy/girl/ghost (TAR Chapbook Series, 2018). Here, greathouse discusses accessing “the register of self-mythologization”, writing from the “triangulated position of identity,” and the desire to “force readers especially cis abled readers to collapse the space between our bodies for the distance of a sonnet.”
Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza on Thursday backed calls to repeal the Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights, a law that critics argue shields police from consequences for misconduct.
Prompting Elorza s statement is a new bill sponsored by Democratic Senators Tiara Mack, Sam Bell and Jonathon Acosta, which was introduced in April and aims to scrap the law. LEOBOR places unnecessary hurdles on police chiefs ability to discipline their members and it limits what information can be made available to the public, Elorza said, affirming his support for the bill and praising Mack along with Democratic Representative Anastasia Williams for their efforts to improve transparency and accountability in law enforcement agencies.