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All those Young Lives Betrayed [by Charles Coe]
In Sharon, Vermont, a quiet little spot off I-89, about an hour shy of Montpelier, sits the Vermont Vietnam Veterans Memorial. I had time to stop so I decided to take look, winding my…
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“Stanza My Stone!” Cried No One On Any Sort Of Regular Basis [by Lindsay Daigle]
I like to terrify my students with what imagery is capable of. Moving past the “red as a rose” and “hot like summer” kinds of images is certainly at least one full 75-minute Introduction…
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The Fourth Annual New York City Poetry Festival: July 26 & 27
250 poets. 5 boroughs. 2 days. ONE CITY. The fourth annual New York City Poetry Festival promises to be bigger and better than ever, with over 60 poetry organizations and 250 poets participating on…
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Poetry from Aotearoa/New Zealand 5 — Elizabeth Smither’s ‘The sea question’
The sea question The sea asks 'How is your life now?' It does so obliquely, changing colour. It is never the same…
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Lindsay Daigle Guest Author July 21-25
This week we welcome Lindsay Daigle as our guest author. Lindsay is a doctoral candidate in poetry at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, where she also teaches undergraduate writing and literature. She holds an…
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Sing to Me, O Muse (But Keep It Brief) by David Lehman in the New York Times Book Review
Maybe I dreamed it. Don Draper sips Canadian Club from a coffee mug on Craig Ferguson’s late-night talk show. “Are you on Twitter?” the host asks. “No,” Draper says. “I don’t” — he pauses…
