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No Paris in Disneyland: Dwelling in Possibility with Bill Hayward [by Alissa Fleck]
“It all started in the backseat of my sister’s truck.” That’s the hair-trigger response anytime anyone asks Bill Hayward to talk about “artistic inspiration.” Well, really it started with snapshots. There was the truck,…
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“Arse Poetica” [by Jade Shames]
There is a black hole in your body –an ever expansive void into the deepest,most private parts of you;for this reason, and many more,I wish to enter it. — Jade Shames
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Meet the Press: Nin Andrews in conversation with Matthew Zapruder of Wave Books
NA: There are so many independent poetry presses out there. What makes Wave Books different? MZ: Every press has a different focus, some limits or areas of interest. Wave mostly publishes work by so-called…
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Closed for Business [by Sharon Preiss]
Last night, after a long look at my empty office space, I left Mobile Libris for the last time. It’s been a good run, these past seven years of selling books. It’s a tough…
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Five Rooms, Part Five: Love at Second Sight — by Amy Glynn Greacen
There is a house for sale in my neighborhood. It is not listed at a “poet” price-point. Yet I cannot shake the feeling that that house is mine, destined for me. It is irrational.…
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When Ed Koch met Kenneth Koch [by David Lehman]
Shortly after taking office as Mayor of New York in 1978, Ed Koch met the poet Kenneth Koch. By this time everyone had learned how to pronounce Hizzoner's name: Koch, like "catch" but with…
