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A crowd-sourced sonnet? Sounds like Sir Realist is at it again
We need line 12 for our crowd-sourced sonnet! 'Tis a game anyone can play. It elevates collaboration and chance to an esthetic dieal." — Manny Kant Here is where we are right now: <<<How…
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Meet the [New] Poet: Lo Kwa Mei-en [by Rochelle Hurt]
Today I’d like to focus on one of my favorite contemporary poets. Lo Kwa Mei-en is from Singapore and Ohio. She is the author of Yearling (Alice James Books, 2015), and her poems have appeared in Black Warrior…
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The Aesthetics of Ruin Pt. 2: “a sucking century and its empty gold coat” [by Rochelle Hurt]
Yesterday I wrote about Rust Belt and ruin poetry mostly in terms of content and motifs, but today I’m thinking about form and style. What kinds of sounds and structures, for example, acknowledge and…
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We Love You, Yeah, Yeah Yeah [by Charles Coe]
Ringo Starr—born Richard Starkey—celebrates his 74th birthday on July 7th. (Fellow Baby Boomers, don’t freak out…just lean over, put your heads between your knees…breathe deeply…) Everybody okay? Good. Ringo replaced the famously fired Pete…
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Wednesday, July 9, 6:00 PM Intercultural Poetry at the Cornelia Street Cafe, NYC
An Evening with Outstanding New York Poets and Performers: David Lehman, Tulis McCall and Philip Fried. Hosted by Andrey Gritsman. The Cornelia Street Café 29 Cornelia Street New York, NY 10014 Phone: 212-989-9319 Find…
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The Aesthetics of Ruin: “Come rummage through our guts” [by Rochelle Hurt]
I’m from Ohio. If you’ve ever met anyone from Ohio, you may have noticed that they love to talk about Ohio—but not in the same way that New Yorkers love to talk about…
