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Why you should go to AWP [by Kate Gale]
October 26th, 2012AWP I’m in Seattle for AWP 2014 planning. The next AWP is in Boston, March 6-9, 2013. I am always telling young poets that they should go to AWP. Here’s why. You…
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Jacques Barzun, 1907-2012 [by David Lehman]
Jacques Barzun, intellectual historian, legendary Columbia professor, mentor, essayist, man of letters, has passed away at the age of 104. Perhaps in an effort to point to his great versatility, the NY Times obit…
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Brendan Constantine, the many poets of Los Angeles
October 25th, 2012 Los Angeles will soon have its first city laureate. It’s a great honor for a city to have a poet laureate, and in the process of choosing someone, what we…
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More Self-Pity: Viggo Mortensen vs. Demi Moore
We posted D.H.Lawrence vs. Kenneth Koch. Here's Viggo vs. Demi (Viggo's dimpled chin gets my vote): — sdh
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Falling Through Air by Kate Gale
Writing good poetry is like falling through air. Not water. Because water stops you. Water slows you down. Water makes you think about whether you really want to keep going down. Water is all…
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The poetry Olympics by Kate Gale
Writing poetry well should be like training yourself for the Olympics. The poetry Olympics. Even there are no gold medals, no silver or bronze, even though there are no endorsements, (I keep writing to…
