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A Special Request from Poet Mark Bibbins: Donate to Support the Publication of Poetry!
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?
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]
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
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]
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]
(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…
