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The Spires of the Gleaming Kiln [by Emma Trelles]
Because it is Halloween, and because I love all that is dark sparkle and lore, I settled in last night and read one of the Grimm Brothers' bleaker fairy tales – Hansel and Gretel. It's the last chapter…
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John Keats: Half in Death with Easeful Love
Poor Keats. A Scorpio with Virgo rising and, just to clinch the deal, his moon in Gemini. This is the equivalent of being dealt the Fool, the Lovers (inverted), and the Tower as the…
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My Birthday [by Craig Morgan Teicher]
As promised, today is my birthday. I'm 30 years old, pretty much twice as old as I was 15 years ago. Birthdays are very strange: it's as if one can really mark the passage…
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This Just In . . . AWP’s Reasoned Response to Bogus MFA Ranking
Ed note: Here's the letter Matt Burriesci, Acting Executive Director of The Association of Wrtiers & Writing Programs sent to Poets and Writers objecting to the recent MFA rankings. If you agree with Matt,…
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Walt Whitman selling Levis with “O Pioneers!”
I just saw this commercial at the movie theater, during the previews. Has anyone else seen it? What do you think? What would Whitman think? — sdh
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Why Review Poetry? [by Craig Morgan Teicher
I taught a little class last night to a group of undergrads about freelance writing and book reviewing. Which makes me think about the AWP panel I'm leading for the NBCC at next year's…
