Aaron Belz
Aaron Belz

Aaron Belz has published four poetry collections—Soft Launch (2019), Glitter Bomb (2014), Lovely, Raspberry (2010), and The Bird Hoverer (2007)—and holds a Master’s in Creative Writing from NYU and a Ph.D. in American Literature from SLU and has written extensively about the value of comedy in culture. His website is http://belz.net

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Share A Horizon

A poem by Aaron Belz

Deb, you told the principal I look disheveled. I appreciate the honesty. Stop telling people I remind you of a mop bucket. Honesty is nothing to sneeze at. You know I’ve always balked at looking down my nose at the janitorial profession, down at any sort of physical plant or groundskeeping or maintenance type of […]

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Noir Fiction

A poem by Aaron Belz

In noir fiction, a classic McMuffin would be a sandwich that holds no meaning per se nor is its nature or essence revealed. It serves as a breakfast menu item to “move the plot forward” but otherwise is undeveloped. In noir fiction, however, a classic Big Mac is a horse of another stripe so to […]

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My Ten Favorite Numbers of the Decade

10 for 2020

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 8 48

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[From the Archives] PLAYA DE LOS COCOS

The problem with the tropics is the problem with mankind: there is no neat conclusion to the analogy being presented. In the same way, there is no subsequent comparison that makes more sense of what’s been stated; the world’s already as sensuous as it can be and as huge with palm trees and agave bushes […]

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PLAYA DE LOS COCOS

A poem by Aaron Belz

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kinderflauten

A poem by Aaron Belz

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Untrending

Aaron Belz on what we lose with our lack of limits and hyperconnectivity.

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A Little Lightning

A poem by Aaron Belz

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#GrowCurator - A Word from Editor-in-Chief Aaron Belz

“Our mission is not just to make *The Curator* better but to challenge our own assumptions about what’s appropriate for Christian journals in general.”

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Life of an Animator

An interview with Tony Bancroft, who, when he co-directed Mulan (1998) became the youngest director of an animated feature in Disney’s history.

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The Maker of Mulan’s Mushu Speaks

An Interview with Tom Bancroft

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To His Bunny

A poem by Aaron Belz on Valentine’s Day.

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New Values and a New Quest

Princess Merida, explains producer Katherine Serafian, “doesn’t run off with a Prince Charming at the end. It’s not a romantic love story. It’s a story of family love and family connecting.”

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At Least I Author My Own Disaster

The older I get the more I see that my own past is not merely a mistake or series of lapses in judgment but more of a whole cloth, a fabric of mistakenness.

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The Baddest Girl Around

Drake kills it, Solomon-style.

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