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“The Mysterious Arrival of an Unusual Letter” [by Mark Strand] (on his birthday, April 11)
It had been a long day at the office and a long ride back to the small apartment where I lived. When I got there I flicked on the light and saw on…
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For Prose Writers Who Want to Write Poetry: A Reading List [by Terese Svoboda]
Prose writers make sparks through character and plot, endlessly blackening the page from one margin to the other. But there are some who recognize that sometimes emotion needs to breath. I like to point…
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So You Want to Write Fiction [by Terese Svoboda]
Five books of fiction for poets to read who want to be fiction writers (and a bonus memoir)chosen with enough word play to engage the poetic habit, and just enough plot. My theory is…
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The Poetry Question [by Dave Morice]
What is poetry? Here is a modern approach to answering that ancient question. The following list contains genuine quotes about “poetry,” “poet,” etc. by famous writers throughout the ages. However, those particular words have…
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The Dead Horse: Prose Poetry [by Terese Svoboda]
The question of whether prose poetry is poetry is no longer. After Anne Carson trained us to seepoems in diffuse dialogue and (sometimes awkward) chunks of imagery, the meditations of theFrench prose poets of…
