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Meet the Press: Nin Andrews in Conversation with Ravi Shankar, editor of Drunken Boat
NA: When I think of Drunken Boat, I think first of Arthur Rimbaud, and second of this wonderful International web-magazine, which just released its 18th issue. I thought maybe we could start with you…
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On Art, the Anasazi, Genetics, and a Man Named Harry [by Joy Jacobson]
Pueblo Bonito, gregorywass, flickr There is a field where my ancestors have pitched their tents. Maybe it’s like the squalid tent cities that housed the destitute during the Great Depression. But I can’t get…
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Why Poets Should Watch the Super Bowl by Hannah Oberman-Breindel
WR Jermaine Kearse. Photo by Drew Sellers, Sportspress Northwest Poetry and football – a natural marriage, right? I know it’s a hard sell. “Let’s have Terrance Hayes do the halftime show,” said no NFL…
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Jim Cummins soooo wishes he could come (to Dan Nester’s poetry forum. . .)
The Incredible Ubiquitous Sestina “Our first poetry forum of the seasonis scheduled for Tuesday. The guestis Dan Nester, editor of The IncredibleSestina Anthology, and the programwill be devoted to this exotic and appealingform, the…
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Writing, Healing, and Community Building with Veterans: An Interview with Seema Reza [by Joy Jacobson]
Seema Reza, photo by Willie Young Seema Reza is a poet who coordinates recreational arts activities at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, where she works with veterans and…
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Long ago and far away. . . 1998. . .can you tell who is who?
Somewhere in this blurry picture from spring 1998 (I think!) you will find Marie Howe, Billy Collins,Yusef Komunyakaa, David Lehman, Charles Bernstein, Eileen Tabios,Donna Masini, and J. D. McClatchy.
