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Bad Line Contest [by David Lehman]
In honor of Susan Sontag, who introduced the logic of camp (something so bad that it's good) into the cultural discourse, may I propose a bad line contest? It is remarkable how many bad…
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A Poet’s Glossary: Baroque and the Plain Style [by Edward Hirsch]
This week I will be presenting terms from my new book, A Poet’s Glossary, a compendium of forms, devices, groups, movements, isms, aesthetics, folklore, rhetorical terms. It is a repertoire of poetic secrets, a…
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Start Spreading the News: The Marfield Prize National Award for Arts Writing
If men (and women) die every day for lack of what is found in poetry – or dance, or the visual arts, or film, or music – how then to make the world aware…
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A Word to the Unwise [by Charles Coe]
I’ve decided to stop handing out free advice; people just don’t appreciate it. For example I know someone who likes to travel; her home and office are infested with souvenir snow globes she picks…
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Edward Hirsch, Guest Author April 7-11
photo (c) Julie Dermansky This week we welcome Edward Hirsch as our guest author. Edward, a MacArthur Fellow, is the author of eight poetry books, including The Living Fire: New and Selected Poems (Knopf,…
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This Monday, April 7, at KGB: Nate Pritts + Jennifer H. Fortin + Adam Fell
Nate Pritts + Jennifer H. Fortin + Adam Fell Monday, April 7, 2014 Hosted by John Deming and Matthew YeagerSeries founded in 1997 by Star Black and David Lehman Doors open at 7:00 pmReading…
