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Jay Dougherty

Jay Dougherty
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Jay is a writer, teacher, editor, musician, photographer, and, like you, a traveler through this <insert adjective> world.

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Why Open Arts Forum Stays Ad-Free

Jay Dougherty - May 8, 2026
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Questions that AI forces us to ask ourselves

Jay Dougherty - May 2, 2026
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AI Is in the Creative Process Now. What Still Belongs to...

Jay Dougherty - April 27, 2026
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Just passing through: Birds from Bosque del Apache, NM

Jay Dougherty - December 26, 2025
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Clock Radio #2: The Bukowski Issue

Jay Dougherty - December 22, 2024
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Close to Christmas, after all

Jay Dougherty - January 10, 2024
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Clock Radio #3 – Featuring Charles Bukowski’s “A gentle, alcoholic night”

Jay Dougherty - August 12, 2023
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There are mornings when

Jay Dougherty - January 23, 2023
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many years from now the world will die

Jay Dougherty - November 8, 2022
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Goslings at Wilde Lake

Jay Dougherty - March 5, 2019
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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Grave

Jay Dougherty - February 12, 2019
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An Interview with Lyn Lifshin

Jay Dougherty - December 13, 2018
Poetry

Before and After the Blast

Jay Dougherty - July 7, 2018

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