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  • A Special Request from Poet Mark Bibbins: Donate to Support the Publication of Poetry!

    April 25, 2014

    Mark Bibbins (L) and David Lehman photo (c) Star Black, 2009 Dear Friends,   Many of you know personally what a solitary endeavor writing can be.   As my new book of poems came…

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  • “Reassured by Walter Lippmann / And sustained by Haig and Haig”: Who wrote these lines?

    April 25, 2014

    A reader has written to us asking if we know the author and title of a poem that ends Reassured by Walter LippmannAnd sustained by Haig and Haig. I had to admit that I…

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  • “Two Bottles of Glenlivet” [by James Cummins]

    April 25, 2014

    To dinner you bring the Scotch matching the beautiful friends who are hatching this glorious meal and the glorious feel of the moments from Time you are snatching. There once was a man come…

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  • This Monday at KGB: Roger Reeves + Russell Dillon

    April 25, 2014

    Roger Reeves + Russell Dillon Monday, April 28, 2014 Hosted by John Deming and Matthew Yeager Series founded in 1997 by Star Black and David Lehman Doors open at 7:00 pm Reading starts at…

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  • D.A. POWELL, YOU WERE GREAT IN BED [by Brian Bouldrey]

    April 25, 2014

    In the classroom, in the writing workshop, the killing criticism among undergraduates is the “P” word: Pretentiousness.  Some kid says it about a story with a borrowed form or a poem quoting Aristotle, and…

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  • Trusting the process [by Christine Thiele]

    April 25, 2014

    (Ed. note: This post is part of series by contributors to The Widows' Handbook. You can find previous posts here. sdh) Writing is a very tricky thing.  It takes courage and surrender. It requires initiation…

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