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Julie Sheehan, Constituent Bartender: Greenspan’s Own Oops Punch
Entertaining as Rick Perry’s November 9, 2011 “Oops” moment was—you know, the one when in his frenzy to take a hatchet to government, he forgot which heads he was chopping off—the more significant and…
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The Bookstore and the Psyche [by Megin Jimenez]
First of all, many thanks to Stacey Harwood and David Lehman for this opportunity to share a few thoughts and for hosting this community. I enjoy reading the broad range of voices represented here…
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Quote of the day: James Logenbach on Wallace Stevens
“The point is not so much to understand the poems (for when we understand something, we don’t need it anymore, and we don’t read it again); the point is to inhabit the poems. By…
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Megin Jimenez, Guest Blogger February 26-March 3
This week we welcome Megin Jimenez as our guest blogger. Megin was born in Mérida, Venezuela and grew up in Denver. Most recently, her poems have appeared in Barrelhouse, NOÖ Journal, Denver Quarterly, La…
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A Backward Spring by Thomas Hardy
Common Snowdrop at Jefferson Market Garden, Greenwhich Village, NYC (2/06/2012) The trees are afraid to put forth buds, And there is timidity in the grass; The plots lie gray where gouged by spuds, And…
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Interview with Alison Stine [by Jordan Davis]
I first met Alison Stine in Austin, Texas, six years ago, having just missed being introduced to her two years before that in Chicago. Her poems are unlike any I'd known before then —…