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On Two Versions of Robert Creeley’s “Self-Portrait” by Daniel Nester
I. That ambivalent, oblique, laconic way of speaking, it’s very self-defensive, but it thinks of itself as very up-front. A really charming guy last night, one of the musicians, said to me ‘Hey, man,…
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Poets and Writers MFA Rankings: Garbage in Garbage Out by Stacey Harwood
If you do a "close" reading of the P&W methodology section you will see what shifting sand the ranking is based on (background on rankings is here). Most of what is in the methodology…
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W.H. Auden’s ‘Daydream College for Bards’ by Daniel Nester
Hey there. Daniel Nester here. I've guest-blogged before in this space, so I'll cut to the quick and start posting things. If you want to know more about me and whatnot, check out where…
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More on the rankings debacle: a Columbia graduate speaks out
<<< You’re not getting an MFA to get funded by an MFA program, nor to have a good teaching load, nor to move somewhere with an ideal cost of living. You’re getting an MFA…
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Hats Off to Hot Sonnets: Thanks to Moira Egan and Clarinda Harriss
Editors Moira Egan and Clarinda Harriss are among the talented poets who feel that cleverness and wit can flourish within the confines of fourteen lines, rhymed or not. They have figured out a beautiful…
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Daniel Nester, Guest Blogger September 11-17
This week we welocme Daniel Nester as our guest blogger. Daniel is the author of How to Be Inappropriate, a collection of humorous nonfiction. His first two books, God Save My Queen and God…
