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trad-radical rhymesters of the bardical Isles (Katy Evans-Bush)
As I wrote yesterday, Oscar Wilde might have been talking about poetry itself when he said that American and England were "divided by a common language." And one area in which poetry is conspicuously…
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Ernie Kovacs plays games
I was searching YouTube for footage of Ernie Kovacs' character Percy Dovetonsils; I thought the comedian's portrayal of an effete poet might make for an amusing entry here. Turns out there's not much Dovetonsils…
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thnx for coming to our panel & sorry we missed your reading [Don Share]
For a coda (if you'll pardon the technical/poetics jargon) to my posts from AWP, I thought I'd let the last word come from a great Chicago institution, the Vowel Movers blog. (And honestly, it's…
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Katy Evans-Bush, Guest Blogger Feb 15-21, 2009
This week we welcome Katy Evans-Bush as our guest blogger. Katy was born in New York City and lives in London where she is a poet, editor, and critic. She is the author of…
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My Bag (Katy Evans-Bush)
Hello Best American Poetry! I'm thrilled to be guest-blogging here this week, and I'll be acting as your London Correspondent. (Right now it's cloudy and overcast, the chicken is about to go in the…
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Ed Ochester Presents a Poem by Afaa Michael Weaver
“The first Elder of Cave Canem, the remarkably successful academy for young African-American poets, Afaa Michael Weaver is a poet, playwright, and student of Chinese. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., refers to his poems as…
