Valentine's Day is stressful. It demands big public gestures and celebrates romance while ignoring other kinds of love. But not here at Literative. Today we’ll read several poems that explore the complexity of love, all kinds of love, and we'll make Valentine’s Day safe for introverts and single people.

Resources

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sonnets from the Portuguese.

Robert Hayden, “Those Winter Sundays.”

Mary Oliver, "Wild Geese."

Marge Piercy, “To Be of Use.”

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Today we continue our Normal Plus series with Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way and the morning pages, a powerful tool for clearing your mind, outrunning your inner Censor, and unblocking your creativity.

Resources

Julia Cameron, The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity

Julia Cameron Live

Tara Mohr, Playing Big: Practical Wisdom for Women Who Want to Speak Up, Create, and Lead

Poetry Foundation, "On Ntozake Shange: 'She Did Not Sound Like Anybody Else, Ever'

Kerry Ann Rockquemore, Faculty Success Program

Jen Sincero, You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life

J.D. Edwin and Joe Bunting, "Write or Die: A Replacement for the Tool that Conquers Procrastination?

The Write Practice, Write or Else Tool

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Today we remember Renee Nicole Good through poetry: her own award-winning poem from 2020 and new poems by Cornelius Eady and Amanda Gorman.

Renee Nicole Good

• Poem: "On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs"
• About Renee Nicole Good: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/we-had-whistles-they-had-guns-says-wife-of-minnesota-woman-killed-by-ice-agent

Cornelius Eady

• Poem: "Renee Nicole Good is Murdered"
• About Cornelius Eady: https://poets.org/poet/cornelius-eady
• About Cave Canem: https://www.nationalbook.org/people/cave-canem/#fullBio

Amanda Gorman

• Poem: "For Renee Nicole Good, Killed by I.C.E. on Jan. 7, 2026"
• About Amanda Gorman: https://poets.org/poet/amanda-gorman
• Website: https://www.theamandagorman.com/

Audre Lorde

• Essay: "Poetry is Not a Luxury"
• About Audre Lorde: https://poets.org/poet/audre-lorde

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