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  • Eve Grubin, Guest Blogger May 29-June 3

    May 29, 2011

    This week we welcome Eve Grubin as our guest blogger.  Eve’s book of poems, Morning Prayer, was published by the Sheep Meadow Press. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in many literary journals…

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  • The Poet’s Trance and the Biblical Eve by Eve Grubin

    May 29, 2011

    Last week, C.K. Williams gave the annual Poetry Society lecture in London where he quoted Goethe who said (this is paraphrased – Williams said the words quickly, and I scribbled down what I could):…

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  • Family dinner: A round table with 7 bona fide poets (Ray DeJesús)

    May 28, 2011

    Inquistor: Ray DeJesús Participants: Christine N. Kanowink, Jeff T. Johnson, Claire Donato, Mark Guarie, Amanda SmeltzScene: Virtual round table discussion. Questions are posed by the inquisitor. Panelists eag, Allison Power, David Blasco Let's get…

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  • My Playlist (Ray DeJesús)

    May 27, 2011

                                  (drawing by Raymond Pettibon)   Take heed of the silence of mind in sound.; the serenity of frenzy. Those…

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  • A car, a shower, a love poem: Anectdotes, questions, vignettes (Ray DeJesús)

    May 26, 2011

    After much discussion with friend, Jeff T. Johnson, I decided on his advice: I went for a drive to figure, to compose, ponder, to breathe. Here are the ramblings of a mad man gone…

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  • Samantha Zighelboim says, “Why don’t you write about things that make you happy?” (Ray DeJesús)

    May 25, 2011

    During a conversation with Samantha the other day, it was suggested that my next post simply be about things that make me happy. Below, you will a find a harum-scarum list of some of…

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