Interview with Artist & Barista Jack Martin
"In my mind there’s a big difference between 'essential' and 'convenient'."
"In my mind there’s a big difference between 'essential' and 'convenient'."
"Even on the days when the world seems filled with murderous assholes, pontificating blowhards, and people who eat tomatoes like apples, I find great joy in putting words down on the page."
"What if care rather than economic growth was our greatest priority?"
"I’m FaceTiming with my nudist when I hear tires peel out of the driveway. A few days later, my mother disappears".
"... if some insight survives out of my work as a poet or writer from this time, it will not come because I took meticulous notes about the data stream coming out of the pandemic."
"The Spartanburg County Public Library website has online resources that are available for children and their families 24/7."
"Here’s what I think: this isn’t the new normal. Nothing’s normal."
"This pandemic has revealed for all to see that we have many unsung heroes that are absolutely essential, such as health, grocery and farmworkers, and many of them are women and people of color."