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Five Days of Sestinas by Florence Cassen Mayers. Day One: “Dear David”
Dear David How gracious youare to ask me to writefiveblogs about the sestinasin Dan’s book his incredible book.As you know, sestinas are what I write.I’ve never written a blog. I’m filled with terror: five!…
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Unscrew the Doors Themselves from Their Jambs! [by Nick Courtright]
You can’t write a poem so that that poem can be famous. You can only write a poem that is worthy of being famous. And if it does not become famous? Maybe it was…
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Contemporary Canadian Poetry [by Eduardo C. Corral]
This week I’m featuring the work of Stevie Howell. A Gospel That picture’s somewhere still: First Communion, 13 girls in lace and satin “Like a Virgin” frocks, legs crossed man-style under frills, floral hairpieces…
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The Bow-Tie, The New York Times, and You [by David Lehman]
"How Would a Book like Harold Bloom's 'Western Canon" Be Received Today?" The NY Times Book Review raises the question in its issue of March 23, 2014. The occasion: the twentieth anniversary since Harold…
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“Happy Birthday, Rae Armantrout!” [by Anthony Madrid via Facebook]
RAE ARMANTROUT (4/13) Armantrout! Armantrout!RAH RAH RAHWe’re takin’ all the garbage outAnd AH HA HA With a hatch-an-egg, hatch-an-eggHowdja like me now:—I want ’em both to hibernateAnd have ’em show me how With a…
