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The Best American Poetry Launch Reading – First Photos
All photos copyright 2010 Lawrence Schwartzwald: "This poem knocks bad guys on their bottom! " Peter Davis reads Four "Addresses." Front row L to R: David Lehman, Amy Gerstler, Amy Glynn Greacen, Gerald Stern,…
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“Who the Hell is Li-Young Lee?” – John Findura
So the first thing my wife Lauren asked me when I told her I’d be blogging on this site was “You’re not going to write about the time I fell asleep on that guy’s…
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“So What’s The Question?” – John Findura
Growing up I was never what one might call a “decision maker.” The whole process of deciding between two things was often more than I could bear. Weighing the merits of one thing against…
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Sneak Peek: The Best American Poetry 2010
From Guest Editor Amy Gerstler's introduction: A word about taste. When I began this yearlong process of, to quote the late great David Foster Wallace, "deciderization," I was determined to do my best to…
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Bloof Books Tour: “Our poets come from lands far, far away…” (Shanna Compton)
"…so please fill this giant bucket with money." —Maureen Thorson, co-host of In Your Ear (pictured below) In the resonant black-box theater space of DC Arts in Washington, Peter Davis & I read poems…
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“Fork On Broken Twig” – John Findura
My father is the kind of guy who sees Bill Cosby do a stand-up routine and comes home absolutely positive that he could do that just as well. He is also the kind of…
