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March 27, 2026
HAL: Heuristic Algorithmic Library|Poetry: All forms & styles|A Featured Series of Close Readings||”Procedural Dread|and the Diagnosis of Civic Disempowerment”||”A Contextual Reading of|’I Misplace My Humanity at the Grocery Store’|a poem by Samantha Padgett”
by Jeff Streeby
March 27, 2026
HAL: Heuristic Algorithmic Library|Poetry: All forms & styles|A Featured Series of Close Readings||”Procedural Dread:|The Via Dolorosa of the Checkout Line”||”A Close Reading of|’I Misplace My Humanity at the Grocery Store’|a poem by Samantha Padgett”
by Jeff Streeby
March 22, 2026
HAL: Heuristic Algorithmic Library|Poetry: All forms & styles|A Featured Series of Close Readings||”THE WORK OF LIVING: Memory, Loss, and Endurance|A CLOSE READING OF HOME AGAIN,|A POEM BY Lynsey France”
by Jeff Streeby
March 16, 2026
HAL: Heuristic Algorithmic Library|Poetry: All forms & styles|A Featured Series of Close Readings||THE SPUR OF MEANING: PROSODY AS IMPULSION|A CLOSE READING OF RINGWORK, A POEM BY SEAN WANG
by Jeff Streeby
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