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Daniel Brown, Guest Author September 22-26
This week we welcome Daniel Brown as our guest author. Daniel's poems have appeared in Poetry, Partisan Review, PN Review, Parnassus, The New Criterionand other journals, as well as a number of anthologies including Poetry 180 (ed.…
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MEET THE PRESS: January Gill O’Neil in Conversation with Alison Meyers, Executive Director of Cave Canem Foundation
JGO: Cave Canem was formed in 1996. What was the inspiration for creating “a home for black poetry?” AM: Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady recognized that African American poets were profoundly under-represented in the…
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Fall Haiku by Stacey Harwood
Saturday marketIn Union Square: CantaloupesAlongside apples. Confused by weatherThe woman on the subwayWears socks and sandals. Turning a corner,Into Sixth Avenue wind,The man holds his hat. At Gonzo cafeOn Thirteenth, outdoor tablesAre empty by…
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Day 5: Loose Ends [by Lisa Vihos]
Last night was the 2014 Best American Poetry launch reading, and I surely wish I could have teleported myself to New York to be with you all. I trust you had a great evening.…
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#tbt: Much Depends On Dinner: Cooking with Lisa and George Vihos
(Ed note: Lisa's father is very much with us this week so I thought I would bring back this post from 2009.– sdh) L-R: Illia Mazurek, Lisa Vihos, Georg Vihos (Photo by Stephan Mazurek)…
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Day 4: A Year of Thursdays [by Lisa Vihos]
Here it is Day 4, a Thursday. In my blog, Frying the Onion, Thursday is significant because it is the day of the week that my dad died. Soon after this happened, a friend…
