hive Being: M. A. Istvan Jr.'s Academic and Creative Writing

hive Being: M. A. Istvan Jr.'s Academic and Creative Writing

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Husband of a Special-Ed Teacher
Let's workshop this poem about a man whose approach to sex is part chimp (grooming you with little consideration for personal space) and gynecologist…
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Vigil for an Out
Let's workshop this poem that paints a picture of two hypervigilant creatures trapped in a duplex of unrelenting physical pain and mental disquiet…
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MADE FOR YOU AND ME 2: hive Being (Stanzas 2017—part 53)
Let's workshop this stanza sequence about automotive sex toys, houseboys, girthy granddads, suicide by hanging, christenings, Muhammadian sweet tooth…
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Seroconversion Cruising Grounds
Let’s workshop this poem about anal sex versus vaginal sex
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Torchlit Framerate
Let’s workshop this poem about how ancient-alien pathetics, long breastfed on History Channel poison, leap to whacky interpretations of the unrealistic…
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Milk-Bone®
Let's workshop this poem about a woman who, falling victim to two sex-crazed maniacs, must face a chilling insult to injury: the transactional treachery…
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Hypocorism
Let's workshop this narrative that, troubling as it is beautiful, examines the intricate power dynamics and linguistic structures at play within a man's…
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MADE FOR YOU AND ME 2: hive Being (Stanzas 2017—part 52)
Let's workshop this stanza sequence about religion, war, rape, animals, power dynamic, insanity, exercise, trans children, ransom notes, cats, hardship…
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Arlo (ROUND 90)
Let’s workshop this story (critique, satire, tragedy, polemic, prophecy) about a boy, Arlo, inadvertently groomed into a trans identity by his…
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Arlo (ROUND 89)
Let’s workshop this story (critique, satire, tragedy, polemic, prophecy) about a boy, Arlo, inadvertently groomed into a trans identity by his…
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Arlo (ROUND 88)
Let’s workshop this story (critique, satire, tragedy, polemic, prophecy) about a boy, Arlo, inadvertently groomed into a trans identity by his…
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Arlo (ROUND 87)
Let’s workshop this story (critique, satire, tragedy, polemic, prophecy) about a boy, Arlo, inadvertently groomed into a trans identity by his…
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