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The Year in Review: Shouldn’t the Sonnet? [by Sandra Simonds, August 15, 2012]
Picture: Steve McCaffery, the structure of the sonnet I. Is the Sonnet a Fascist Form? Somewhere, supposedly, William Carlos…
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Meet the Press: Nin Andrews in conversation with Andrea Selch of Carolina Wren Press
NA: Tell me about the name first. The Carolina wren is a lively little bird, but I am wondering if you wanted the word, Carolina, in the name to imply the South? AS: I…
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The Year in Review: “Something’s Missing:” Poetry and the Unthinkable [by Ailish Hopper, August 6, 2012]
The last year or so have been eventful in American poetry, especially if you follow the conversations, in verse or prose, about race. The blogosphere, and many other spheres, have lit up on several…
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December 2-8: This Will Be the Week that Was
John Ashbery and David Lehman Mark Doty Tracy K. Smith Monday, December 3: David Lehman and Mark Doty read at the KGB Bar. 85 E 4th 7:00 p.m. Details here. Tuesday, December 4: …
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Poetry Forum: Tracy K. Smith 6:30 p.m. The New School Lang Café, Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, Ground Floor (enter at 66 West 12th Street)
On December 4th at the New School, the 2012 Pulitzer Prize winner in Poetry, Tracy K. Smith, will join David Lehman to read her poems and discuss her work. A former student of Lehman,…
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What I’m Reading Now: An Excerpt (by Stacey Harwood)
When I was about eleven, my job was to grade the eggs with my step-mother when I came home from school. We worked in the basement, grading each egg separately on a small hand…
