Books, not guns, are some of the latest weapons against crime in Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico. The Nezahualcoyotl police force now requires its officers to read classic literature, such as Don Quixote, as part of their training to tackle crime in the streets. The program is aptly named Literature on Alert.
TMR Editors’ Prize
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Current Issue: 35.1 (Spring 2012)
Poem of the Week- David Kirby: “If Any Man Have an Ear, Let Him Listen”
- Larry Levis: “Labyrinth as the Erasure of Cries Heard Once Within It or: (Mr. Bones I Succeeded. . .’ Later)”
- Amy Newman: “The Day After The Dean of Michigan State College Admits Him To Lansing Sparrow Hospital For Rest, A Naked Theodore Roethke Barricades Himself Behind A Hospital Mattress”