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William McPherson’s “Testing the Current” Takes an Encore [Terence Winch]
It was something of a surprise to the literary world when William McPherson published his first novel, Testing the Current, in 1984. Not that Bill was exactly an unknown—a former book editor at Morrow…
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Amy Glynn Greacen, Guest Blogger January 28 – February 1
Amy Glynn Greacen’s poems and prose appear in The New Criterion, Orion, Southwest Review, New England Review and elsewhere. She was a fall 2012 writer in residence at the James Merrill House in Stonington,…
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Calling All Tattooed Poets: The Tattooed Poets Project 2013
Ericia Mena (c) Photograph by Julie Chen Our friend Bill Cohen writes to tell us he's compiling the fifth installment of his popular “The Tattooed Poets Project.” Every year since 2009 during National Poetry…
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Sunday Aphorism
The poet writes a poem as a hen lays an egg, and both feel better after. — Samuel Butler — sdh
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“Consider the Lilies” [by Lily Goderstad]
Lord God heavenlyGod haunt me withyour Holy Ghost Father who is gonebut glorious Sonwho died beforemy birth live in meagain and always come angels tobless my roomand bed so theymight wake me inthe morning…
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Two Tickets to Paradise [by Sharon Preiss]
Dee and I are about to wrap up Paradise. It’s been a long journey, through Hell, Purgatory, and now, The Ultimate: in these last few cantos we are about to meet God. That in…
