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The Readers and the Writers [by Megin Jimenez]
At the reading last night, I heard several people talking about this big conference coming up. Perhaps it will be of interest to readers of the blog. It's called something like "AWB"? Yes, yes,…
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Notes on readings, becoming a creeping Internet creep [by Megin Jimenez]
A few notes on poetry readings (gotta make it quick today): Reminder to NYC poetry people/poetry people in NYC that we are hosting Martha Rhodes and Lynn Emanuel at KGB Bar tonight, 7:30. Here is a taste of Lynn Emanuel:…
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Bet Your Bottom Dollar You’ll Lose the Blues: BAP at AWP Chicago – We’ll be there, will you?
We hope to see you at these events next weekend in Chicago: Saturday, March 3, 12:00 noon-1:15 pm: Anthologizing the Canon: Five Editors Discuss the Role of Annual Anthologies in Contemporary Literature.…
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Julie Sheehan, Constituent Bartender: Greenspan’s Own Oops Punch
Entertaining as Rick Perry’s November 9, 2011 “Oops” moment was—you know, the one when in his frenzy to take a hatchet to government, he forgot which heads he was chopping off—the more significant and…
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The Bookstore and the Psyche [by Megin Jimenez]
First of all, many thanks to Stacey Harwood and David Lehman for this opportunity to share a few thoughts and for hosting this community. I enjoy reading the broad range of voices represented here…
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Quote of the day: James Logenbach on Wallace Stevens
“The point is not so much to understand the poems (for when we understand something, we don’t need it anymore, and we don’t read it again); the point is to inhabit the poems. By…
