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Going There [by Tracy K. Smith]
Last night I watched Terrence Malick’s “Tree of Life.” A friend had urged me to see it because she sensed a strong affinity between what it is reaching and yearning toward and the questions…
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Ben & Amy Read Chapbooks: Lazy Summer Video Review Edition [by Ben Mirov and Amy Lawless]
We put this post together in like ten minutes. Adam Day, Badger Apocrypha (PSA Chapbook Award chosen by James Tate) Construction: It’s got the classic PSA style look. Really well put together nice low-gloss…
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Tracy K. Smith, Guest Blogger June 5-11
photo(c)Nick Barberio This week we welcome Tracy K. Smith as our guest blogger. Tracy is the author of three collections of poetry: Life on Mars (Graywolf Press, May 10, 2011), Duende (Grayworlf, 2007) and The Body's Question (Graywolf, 2003). Since 2005, she…
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You’ve Read the Book, Now See the Movies!
For the past several months we've been collaborating with Minneapolis based Motionpoems on a project that will turn 12-15 poems from the Best American Poetry 2011 into short films. The brainchild of poet Todd…
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Meet the Press: Nin Andrews interviews Sarah Gorham of Sarabande Books
NA: When I think of Sarabande Books, I think: what a beautiful name, what beautiful books, and what a great web site. So first, how did you come up with the name for the…
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Oversound by Eve Grubin
“Did, perhaps, God say: you should not eat from any tree of the garden?” (3:3) This is a common translation of the snake’s opening words, seemingly innocuous, to Eve. The word “perhaps,” in particular,…
