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Standing still and walking in Chicago [Don Share]
At the AWP conference, in full swing today, there are two types of people in abundance: those who are walking around – browsing the book fair, looking at other people's name tags in the…
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Hard Times, Part 2 (by Mitch Sisskind)
Annika is a very interesting young woman. Born in Ireland, she lived in Sweden till a teenager, then moved with her family to Texas where she entered Southern Methodist University at age 15. She…
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Stanzas from a Poem by Abraham Lincoln
From "My Childhood Home I See Again" But here's an object more of dreadThan ought the grave contains–A human form with reason fled,While wretched life remains. Poor Matthew! Once of genius bright,A fortune-favored child–Now…
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Other Fugitives and Other Strangers
Hearing a poet read for the first time is like a blind date in a dark bar. You don't know who's waiting for you, but still you're there, seeking him out among the candles and…
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AWP 2009.. it’s gonna be a Hummer-dinger! [Don Share]
Greetings from Chicago, host of the 2009 AWP conference. First thoughts, and not necessarily best ones: 1.) Should be AW&WP, now that the organization's official name is "The Association of Writers & Writing Programs." …
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Poets on Obama’s First 100 Days (by Jenny Factor)
A Dispatch from Day 23…President's Day is right around the corner. But one President shows up every single day. Check out "Starting Today: Poems for the First 100 Days", an evolving online collection of…
