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Jeremy Schmall, Guest Blogger March 6-12
This week we welcome Jeremy Schmall as our guest blogger. Jeremy is the founder and co-editor of Agriculture Reader, and author of the book of poems, Jeremy Schmall & the Cult of Comfort. His…
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I Want To Go To London [by Michael Malinowitz]
I want to go to London againJuiced up, anxious, caffeine-overloaded, spiked,Jet-lagged, overtired with the sky falling,A David Cronenburg sky, betwixt and between,A bit tipsy, moist, walking through the parks;Waking up to an English breakfast,…
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Race, Hoagland’s Poem, and Me [by Jennifer Michael Hecht]
Dear Bleaders, My recent post (which followed up this post) drew a comment that defended Tony Hoagland's poem, "The Change," and this is the response I found myself writing in the small hours of this…
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Bloof Books Poets at KGB Bar [by Megin Jimenez]
February 28, 2011. Shanna Compton (far left), founder of Bloof Books (as in BLOOF!, the comic book noise), opens the reading with poems from a manuscript in progress, “exploring cliché and melodrama”. One of…
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Laura Orem Presents a Poem by Damon McLaughlin
Toad Hall Press is pleased to announce that Damon McLaughlin of Tucson AZ has won their 2011 Chapbook Prize for his collection, Olduvai Theory. The judges commended "his deft lyric voice, his mastery of…
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Race Riot Addendum [by Jennifer Michael Hecht]
Bleaders, Can I just say? I'm not mad at Tony Hoagland for writing a racist poem. I like a lot of Tony Hoagland's poetry. And someone has likened his faux pas in this poem…
