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  • Meet the Press: Nin Andrews in Conversation with Heather Brown/KMA Sullivan of YESYES Books

    July 11, 2015

    NA: Tell me about YesYes Books.   HB: YesYes Books publishes poetry, prose, & visual art that make us excited for the day. We publish in print & innovative electronic formats. We have full-length…

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  • 22 de Marco [poem by David Lehman tr. Francisco José Craveiro de Carvalho ]

    July 10, 2015

    22 de Marco A primeira vez que li o poema de Wallace Stevens “Esthetique du Mal” li mal eu li “a maior poesia* ´e n˜ao viver num mundo f´ısico” quando o que ele escreveu…

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  • Poetry and the Internet by Kate Angus

    July 10, 2015

    Last year, I wrote an article for The Millions about the current state of poetry called "Americans Love Poetry but Not Poetry Books." I went in wondering if poetry’s relatively low book sales (compared to…

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  • Tales of the Fifties: Late Night Radio [by Alan Ziegler)

    July 9, 2015

        Out my bedroom window is a large empty lot. At the far edge, just off Sunrise Highway, is the back of the Long Island Water Company. Occasionally—with no pattern I can figure out—a light shines…

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  • “The Definition of Gardening” [poem by James Tate, 1943-2015]

    July 9, 2015

    Jim just loves to garden, yes he does. He likes nothing better than to put on his little overalls and his straw hat. He says, "Let's go get those tools, Jim." But then doubt…

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  • Persona and Confession by Kate Angus

    July 9, 2015

    Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the inherent tension between confession and aesthetics and how easily creative work can lend itself to the illusion of some kind of journalistic truth. Part of what…

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