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Let’s Assemble a Cento! [by David Lehman]
<<<< Starting this week, let’s assemble a cento. What’s that, you ask? It was “Wordsmith’s” word of the day on March 14, and you can read their write-up here, replete with links to a…
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AWP Highlight: Versal Journal at booth 536
A friend in the know says: "If you’re going to the AWP convention in Minneapolis and want to find out what North American poetry looks like from expatriate Europe, you might want to check…
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Jack Jones and the 1975 Chrysler New Yorker
Nothing brings back the 1975 World Series better than Jack Jones singing this adaptation of jazz standard "Talk of the Town" to sell Chrysler New Yorkers:
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Against Dismissal: Toward a Curiosity Aesthetic [by Marty McConnell]
A story: I entered an MFA program knowing two things for sure: I loved poetry, and I couldn’t stand Emily Dickinson. Admittedly, my exposure to Emily Dickinson’s work was limited to say the least,…
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The Only Way to Stop the Ascot-Graspers, or: Unacknowledged Privilege Makes Poetry Matter Less [by Marty McConnell]
Given: We cannot write outside our time. We are invariably and inextricably in and of the times in which we live. Given: The expansiveness with which we define “our times” and the ways in…
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“Ides of March Madness” [by James Cummins]
I help you store the “Number One”foam fingers in their box;and clean the grease of hot dog stands;and check the many locks; and help you stack the bleachers up,douse house lights in the gym, …
