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Tales of the Sixties: On the Road to Plainfield [by Alan Ziegler]
In 1969, students can fly half-fare on standby. Sometimes it is cheaper than the bus, so I fly everywhere I can. I am to accompany Alicia from New York back to Goddard College in…
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The Pulitzer win of Gregory Pardlo, Baltimore and what Poetry can do.
Sometimes we are given exactly what we need to do; exactly what’s required of us. And when this happens it means we have been gifted with the immense good fortune to know and understand,…
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Under the Influence – O, Miami poets reflect on their inspirations
Posted by Chauncey Mabe in special arrangement with Best American Poetry, April 2015 As all but the most delusional poets know, originality doesn’t really exist. Every writer is beholden to the books he or…
