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VERSE | Stronger and More Dangerous
By Mariann G. Wizard | The Rag Blog | April 16, 2014 Stronger and More Dangerous: April 20, 2014 I read it in the newsfeeds, I hear it all the time: the marijuana grown today is not the same as … Continue reading
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Tagged 4/20, American Society, Mariann G. Wizard, Marijuana, National Weed Day, Poetry, Rag Bloggers, Verse
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VERSE |’Texas gay marriage: Soon come?’
Texas Gay Marriage: Soon Come? By Mariann G. Wizard | The Rag Blog | March 5, 2014 Candidates claiming to support the Constitution need to get hip: Love’s sweet institution will soon be respected in fair distribution. Today’s headlines say … Continue reading
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Tagged Gay Marriage, LGBT, Mariann G. Wizard, Poetry, Rag Bloggers, Verse
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November Rag Radio Guests Include Spiritual Counselor, Citizens’ Advocate, Singer-Songwriter
Rev. Bob Breihan, Methodist minister and longtime social activist, on Rag Radio, November 29, 2013. Photo by Roger Baker / The Rag Blog. Rag Radio podcasts: Thorne Dreyer interviews Rev. Bob Breihan, Sam Daley-Harris, Doyle Niemann & Mariann Wizard, Susan … Continue reading
BOOKS / Nina Herencia : Are We Hearing You Well, Mariann?
Are we hearing you well, Mariann? New poetry and drawings from the Wizard By Nina Herencia | The Rag Blog | November 6, 2013 Mariann Wizard has published two books this month; the second one, Hempseed Food: The REAL … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin Authors, Books, Cristina Herencia, Mariann G. Wizard, Poetry
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REPORT / Mariann G. Wizard : ‘La Vida Coca’ in Bolivia and Peru / 3
Coroico is the administrative capital of Bolivia’s Nor Yungas province. The town hall façade features the coca leaf and coffee bean of local agriculture in addition to the exotic bird of tourism, the area’s main economic activities. All photos by … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Bolivia, Coca, Cocaine, Cuisine, Herbal Medicine, Horticulture, Latin America, Mariann G. Wizard, Peru, Travel
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REPORT / Mariann G. Wizard : ‘La Vida Coca’ in Bolivia and Peru / 2
Coca leaves, a standard small bag sold for personal use in Bolivia. From 10-40 hojas are used at once while working, walking, or otherwise exerting oneself at high altitudes. Habitual users enjoy coca three or four times a day. All photos by … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Bolivia, Coca, Cocaine, Evo Morales, Horticulture, Latin America, Mariann G. Wizard, Peru, Travel
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REPORT / Mariann G. Wizard : ‘La Vida Coca’ in Bolivia and Peru
Pre-Incan metal vessels in the Larco Museum, Lima, for storing coca leaves. Human-faced pots from some early Andean cultures (not shown) have distended cheek pouches, where coca leaves are held during use. The central figure above is using coca in … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Bolivia, Coca, Cocaine, DEA, Drug War, Evo Morales, Indigenous People, Latin America, Mariann G. Wizard, Narcotics, Peru, Travel
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BOOKS / Mariann G. Wizard : Steve Russell’s ‘Wicked Dew’
A chapbook review: Steve Russell’s ‘Wicked Dew’ By Mariann G. Wizard | The Rag Blog | January 9, 2013 [Wicked Dew, by Steve Russell. (2012: Dog Iron Press, Georgetown, TX.); Paperback; 88 pp; $7.75.] I’ve known Steve Russell since sometime … Continue reading
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Tagged Activists, Books, Mariann G. Wizard, Native Americans, Poetry, Sixties, Steve Russell, The Rag, Vietnam
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INTERVIEW / Jonah Raskin : Mariann Wizard’s Odyssey
Above, Mariann Wizard at Threadgills, Austin, Texas, 2012. Photo by Gloria Badilla-Hill. Inset below: Mariann with former cable television commissioners, Jack Hopper and Tommy Wyatt, at ribbon-cutting ceremony to launch Austin’s public access TV. Mariann was the chair of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin History, George Vizard, Interview, Jonah Raskin, Lee Otis Johnson, Leftists, Mariann G. Wizard, Marilyn Buck, The Rag, The Rag Blog
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BOOKS / Mariann G. Wizard : ‘Inside/Out’: The Poetry of Marilyn Buck
‘Inside/Out’:The poetry of Marilyn Buck By Mariann G. Wizard | The Rag Blog | May 10, 2012 The Rag Blog‘s Mariann Wizard will join fellow poets Czarina Aggabao Thelen, Lilia Rosas, Jorge Renaud, Michelle Mejia, and Jane Madrigal (San … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Mariann G. Wizard, Marilyn Buck, Poetry, Poets, Political Prisoners, Sixties, The Rag
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VERSE / Mariann G. Wizard : Hiatus
Image from Dzinepress.Hiatus The plazas are empty, swept clean of debris,smug analyses already written.Elections are coming, everyone run to see:is it Newton? or El Ron? or Mittens? But out of the glare of the media stare,the knowledge unerringly spreads:the old … Continue reading
BOOKS / Mariann G. Wizard : Jonah Raskin’s ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Women’
Portraits of a Generation:Jonah Raskin’s Rock ‘n Roll WomenBy Mariann G. Wizard | The Rag Blog | March 14, 2012 [Rock ‘n’ Roll Women: Portraits of a Generation, by Jonah Raskin (Santa Rosa, CA: McCaa Books, 2012); Paperback, 40 pp.] … Continue reading
