No, it’s not an article from The Onion. Amazon really DID open a physical bookstore. Wow. Just wow.
And speaking of fear, the Prague Writer’s Festival wants YOU this weekend. They’re even quoting Caligula! “Let them hate―as long as they fear.”
But no fear here — the much-anticipated collection of poems by Richie Hoffman, Second Empire, winner of the 2014 Beatrice Hawley award, is out today. Oh joy! Look for an interview with Richie here at KR later this month as he chats with me in our series of blog interviews on teaching, writing, and identity.
And check THIS excerpt out! Jaquira Diaz at Kenyon Review! Our Associate Editor tells you all about it here!