Poetry Roundup: Just the Quotes Edition
If you start out at a 7-11 and end up in your grandma’s arms, that’s not weird. More
The Moment of Change Is the Only Poem
On March 27, we lost poet, seminal essayist, and activist Adrienne Rich. The loss resonates all the more in the months when women’s rights are once more (and when… More
A Different Way of Knowing
This is a rad interview between Matthew Zapruder and Dean Rader over at SFGate. It’s pretty amazing to hear both poets talk about how there poems come together. More
Expressive ‘I’s
I mentioned Micah Ballard’s new book, Waifs and Strays (City Lights Spotlight, 2011) last roundup. If you have not picked up a copy yet, there’s an interview over at… More
Disparate Constellations
I look forward to every episode of No Slander, a podcast by poets Greg Purcell and Ish Klein. It’s sort of like Car Talk with Click and Clack on… More
Intimate Shadows and the Perfect Bánh Mì
Whenever I hold one of the Song Cave chapbooks in my hand, I reflexively think “classic.” More
The Great Dismal
Hopefully you made it to the first ever New York Poetry Festival, but in case you missed it, there’s a run-down of the weekend-long event at the Rumpus. More
Beauty Was the Case
The brand new Summer issue of the poetry/art publication Sixth Finchis up. Editor Rob MacDonald feeds your brain. More