Jabez L. Van Cleef

All Is Beautiful: The Navajo Creation Story


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Since the beginning of time, human beings have told the story of their own beginning, and of the origins of the four directions, the heavens…

God Wears Many Skins: Sami Myth and Culture in Poems


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The Sami, who call themselves "the real people," are nomadic indigenous people of Northern Scandinavia and adjacent areas of Russi…

The Birth of Propaganda


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"The Birth of Propaganda" is poetic adaptation of the essay "Propaganda in a Democratic Society," by Aldous Huxley, whic…

The Palimpsest of Human Rights


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The Palimpsest of Human Rights is an experimental spoken word production which combines verse interpretations of the prose writings of Marti…