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A Supposedly Horrible Thing I’ll Probably Do Again—Part One [by Sandra Simonds]
A. Introduction to my experiment B. Reflection on Sunday 2/ 19, Day One I like formal writing experiments. A few weeks ago, I was a guest poet at Wayne State University in Detroit…
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Sandra Simonds Guest Author February 20-24
This week we welcome back Sandra Simonds as our guest author. Sandra is the author of six books of poetry: Orlando, (Wave Books, forthcoming in 2018), Further Problems with Pleasure, winner of the 2015…
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Elegy For Tim Buckley in Four Takes [by Alan Ziegler]
In the scarlet light of Valentine’s our paper hearts are blind from “Valentine Melody” by Larry Beckett and Tim Buckley (1966) (Tim Buckley was born on Valentine's Day 1947; he died of a drug overdose…
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Russian Absurd: Daniil Kharms and the State [by Alex Cigale]
Russian Absurd: Daniil Kharms, Selected Writings, part of the Northwestern World Classics series, is officially published today! While today's publication of the book, all by itself, represents the most meaningful validation of my work…
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Daniil Kharms on Spirit; Selections from Russian Absurd [by Alex Cigale]
DANIIL KHARMS on SPIRIT; Selections from Russian Absurd: Daniil Kharms, Selected Writings (NWUP, 2017) From Daniil Kharms's magnum opus, “Starukha” (1939) “You see,” I say, “it seems to me that there are no believers…
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TOM RAWORTH 1938-2017 [by Michael Lally]
Tom Raworth was an English ["Anglo-Irish" says Terence Winch] poet whose work fit into no categories. He was as unique and original a person as he was a poet. We first met in…
