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“It Curves!” – John Findura
Hello all! Thanks for checking in. My name is John and I’ll be your tour guide for the week. There are all sorts of things that we’ll explore together: UFOs, my father’s poetry about…
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John Findura, Guest Blogger September 19-25 and Best American Poetry Launch Reading
John Findura holds an MFA from The New School. A Pushcart Prize nominee, he is the author of the forthcoming chapbook Useful Shrapnel (Scantily Clad Press, 2009) (Scantily Clad Press, 2009) and his poetry…
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Reb Livingston Presents a Poem by Paige Taggart
from To People Who Sometimes Read A female blue whale calf gains nine pounds an hour. Holy fuck! What a mammal. If only all females could see past their own insecurities, the fire would light…
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Bloof Books Tour: Let us not speak of Nashville. Georgia’s on our mind. (Shanna Compton)
Columbus, Muncie, Nashville, Atlanta, Tallahassee…so it's Day Six of the book tour. (Each morning I have to count.) Each morning we wake up in a hotel, remember where we are (FL), calculate the number…
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Saturday Aphorism
First comes the sweat. Then comes the beauty if you're very lucky and have said your prayers. – – George Balanchine
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This Just in: From “Marie Claire”
The Best (Modern) Poems for Any Stage of a Love Affair by Maura Kelly: "Almost nothing turns me on more than a man sharing his favorite poems with me. I'd take a man who…