{"id":2678,"date":"2026-07-08T14:02:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T18:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/?p=2678"},"modified":"2026-07-20T17:20:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T21:20:06","slug":"by-degrees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/by-degrees\/","title":{"rendered":"by degrees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1522\" height=\"2495\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22by-degrees.22-1.jpg\" alt=\"This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page of Mary Shelley\u2019s \u201cFrankenstein\u201d. The background is predominantly painted over in black, purple, and red, with visible brushstrokes. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered and outlined with connecting white circles, creating a new poetic message against the dark background. The center of the page showcases a collage of various images and drawings, including a woman and an owl.\" class=\"wp-image-2679\" style=\"width:687px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22by-degrees.22-1.jpg 1522w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22by-degrees.22-1-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22by-degrees.22-1-625x1024.jpg 625w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22by-degrees.22-1-768x1259.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22by-degrees.22-1-937x1536.jpg 937w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22by-degrees.22-1-1249x2048.jpg 1249w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22by-degrees.22-1-940x1541.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22by-degrees.22-1-400x656.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1522px) 100vw, 1522px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>By Jen Jabaily-Blackburn<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">by degrees<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the places of nature<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">became narrower<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and<br>all the<br>misery I imagined and dreaded<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">arrived<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jen Jabaily-Blackburn by degrees the places of nature became narrower andall themisery I imagined and dreaded arrived<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8216,"featured_media":2677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-monstermash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2678"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3146,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2678\/revisions\/3146"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}