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Marc Smith, Guest Author May 4-8
This week we welcome Marc Smith as our guest author. Marc is the creator and founder of the International Poetry Slam movement. As stated in the PBS television series, The United States of Poetry,…
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Guest Blogger Marc Kelly Smith — What is Slam?
Thanks to Best American Poetry for inviting me to be this week’s guest blogger and my apologies if what I present does not satisfy the expectations of their readership. My expertise is limited to…
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Monday Comic by Nin Andrews
Today's comic is inspired by Chapter 2013 in David Lehman's The State of the Art, which features Shelley's poem, "The Dreariest Journey. " David points out that the poem "is a remarkable statement even for…
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Halie Theoharides on “Native of Heaven” by Emily Hunt
Before coming to the MFA program at UMASS Amherst, I worked at a rural public library. One of my tasks was to periodically weed through books in the children's room that no longer circulated.…
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Dylan, The Escape Artist (by Lawrence J. Epstein)
A Facebook friend posed a question online asking people to identify two men he described without naming. I answered that he was referring to “Houdini and that other escape artist Bobby Dylan.” I had…
