Five Points, Vol. 19, no. 2
Summer 2019"I’ve always kept one foot out of the academy. This has always been a conscious act on my part. Physically, spiritually, mentally, emotionally. I refuse to let the academy have me in any kind of whole way."
—Nikky Finney
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Gerald Stern
Bule Hills Road
I'm terrified to read Cervantes again or Ben Johnson and see how far I've strayed. One night when I was staying in Amherst I kissed the meadowlark a gentle goodnight and went to sleep on my own mattress but in the early morning she had turned into a wild bear just out of hibernation angry, starved, constipated, and I walked over a mile to have my coffee at an all-night diner. I think it was called Blue Hills Road and her bedroom door was open all night to let the light in.