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Place Poem: "The Loon on Forrester's Pond" by Hayden Carruth (opens the original)
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I know I said in my most recent Field Notes post that I was going on a bit of a hiatus, but I couldn’t resist popping in to share a favorite poem of mine that my pal Analía and I discussed on the most recent episode of the Poetry Nook, which we just released this morning. Since I’m shipping up to Boston for a conference this week, I felt it appropriate to bring to the table a poem by a true blue northeastern poet: Hayden Carruth, whose most influential works focused largely on the people and pla
Telling the truth, but telling it slant (Field Notes #5) (opens the original)
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Longtime readers will know my deep and abiding adoration for Emily Dickinson, my favorite poet who also happens to share my birthday. That birthday isn’t until December, during which I’m likely to bring up my pal Emily yet again. But this month on the Poetry Nook podcast, I brought a Dickinson poem to the table that I recently came across again; and which had hit in just the right way at just the right time, as Dickinson poems tend to.Tell all the truth but tell it slant - (1263)by Emily
Falling back in love with running, one trail at a time (opens the original)
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It’s official, folks: I’m running. Not for office, but for scores of miles across the foothills of Boise, Idaho.I grew up as a runner, a cross country kid starting in middle school mainly as a way to get in shape for basketball season. It turns out that my basketball skills were, in the scheme of things, quite mediocre; but I took running with me as a consolation prize. I ran in college, after college, and all over the place in Washington, DC while I was getting my PhD. Many half marathons, and
What exactly is dividing the Democrats in 2026? (opens the original)
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Note: The following is adapted from a piece I published recently in A number of recent high-profile congressional primaries in the Democratic Party have resulted in the nomination of, shall we say, “unexpected” candidates. Many of these winning candidates have unseated entrenched incumbents, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/col
Poetry, patriotism, and summer party anthems ☀️ (Field Notes #4) (opens the original)
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Happy Field Notes day! Feelings are mixed to the max as we kick off the month of July; or at least mine are. I went on at length last week about my Big Feelings about America’s 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The irony of a document meant to break away from a King’s vice-like grip on a series of independent states being celebrated in a rather monarchical fashion has been tough for me to take over the past few weeks.But as others have argued, one can’t really
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