Wendy Babiak Apostate Poet

Wendy Babiak
Member since: Sep, 2008
Last login: 10/10/2009
Last update : 10/10/2009
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I'm enchanted by reality and determined to share my vision of a future in which humanity finally sheds its Stone-Age delusions and embraces its unity, with itself and the rest of the Universe. I'm in awe of the power of language, second only to the power of love. I've had poems published in The Louisiana Review, American Atheist, Free Inquiry, Barrelhouse Magazine, The Tampa Review, and one coming out next year in Big Bridge.

The Death of David Foster Wallace
November 7, 2008
- I've had a few days of celebrating, accompanied by mixed emotions. While Obama's election and the clear rejection of the GOP brand by the majority of the country is certainly something to celebrate, the fact that Prop. 8 in California passed and Michele Bachman was re-elected showed me that too many of our people are still entrenched in a painful paradigm of separation and hate. And I ...
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Please Tell Me Americans Aren’t This Stupid or This Mean
September 25, 2008
- Since McCain floored me with his choice of Gov. Palin for his VP candidate, I've been giving some thought as to how we in this country (and in the world, for that matter) can elevate public discourse. I'm as guilty as anyone of falling into vitriol engendered by rancor. Despite Ms. Palin's own sarcasm and divisive politics, calling her a beauty-pageant bimbo is hardly productive. I'm so ...
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I agree
I think any of us might have had trouble "performing" in front of such a global crowd. I said elsewhere that I'd have puked on my shoes with nerves.
Thanks...
...for your kind words and your kind-hearted book. Good luck with it.
warmly,
Wendy
Loved it!
The humane humor in this peice was a real antidote to the toxic reading I've been doing, trying to stay informed about all the campaign shenanigans (I can't wait until this is over). I'm going to
I agree!
I agree with Thomas, that I would find it uncomfortable to be talking about my sex life at a party,or talking with this couple about theirs. But also, Gail, that the disbelief seems unwarranted a
No
IQ is not higher now on average, it's lower. Mr.

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