Broadsided February 1, 2012

Dear Vectors and Friends of Broadsided,

We're back with our usual programming: fantastic collaborations between interesting, challenging, compelling writers and artists. This month, we're posting a bit early to accomodate our crazy web designer's crazier travel schedule, and we hope you enjoy February's collaboration.

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"Omnivore"
Poem by James Arthur
Art by Se Thut Quon

Writer James Arthur's first book, "Charms Against Lightning," is forthcoming from Copper Canyon Press. He will be in residence at the Amy Clampitt House in 2012.

Artist Se Thut Quon lives in Kentucky.

Collaborators' Q&A:
...I think that Se Thut Quon's image captures the directness and the aggression of "Omnivore," and for me, those qualities have always been dominant in the poem--but I also think that Se Thut Quon's work brings forward "Omnivore"'s sexual subtext. For me, that was eyeopening....
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