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A Poet to Not Only Watch but Embrace with Open Arms: Taylor Johnson by Abdul Ali
I can't say enough positive things about Taylor Johnson, a DC-based poet, who is making a splash in poetry communities off and on the page. Read Taylor's poem, "This is How you Enter a…
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The Variable Foot (by Nin Andrews)
This comic is based on a few lines from the introduction to William Carlos William in The Oxford Anthology of American Poetry that made me laugh: “I write in the American idiom, “ Williams noted,…
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Required Reading by Abdul Ali
It's not very often that an essay published in a literary journal stops me in my tracks. The December issue of POETRY features an essay, "A Politics of Mere Being," from the esteemed poet…
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In a Subjunctive Mood: A Playlist for (Stuck) Writers by Abdul Ali
On those days when I am aimlessly scratching about in my notebook, music saves me. The lyrics of a song get the ceiling fan inside my head spinning. And before you know it, I’m inside…
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Letter from a Young(ish) Poet by Abdul Ali
If I had it to do all over again, I would do it exactly as I have done it: jumping both feet in the deep end without a lifeboat. To my knowledge, I am…
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Abdul Ali, Guest Author December 5-9
This week we welcome Abdul Ali as our guest author. Abdul is the author of Trouble Sleeping, winner of 2014 New Issues Poetry Prize. His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Gargoyle, Plume,…
