August 31, 2019
“The Prairie-Grass Dividing,” the Beer
The second in a series of seven Walt Whitman beer reviews: “The Distillation Would Intoxicate Me Also” There’s democracy in beer drinking, or so Americans like to believe. When the punditocracy […]
August 29, 2019
“To evoke, provoke, engage and impact”: A Conversation with Heidi Seaborn
Heidi Seaborn is Editorial Director for The Adroit Journal, the author of the award-winning debut book of poetry Give a Girl Chaos {see what she can do} (C&R Press/Mastodon Books, […]
August 27, 2019
“Poetry can knowingly privilege affect and beauty”: A Conversation with Timothy Donnelly
Timothy Donnelly’s most recent publications include The Cloud Corporation, winner of the 2012 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, and the chapbook Hymn to Life. His poems have been widely anthologized and […]
August 26, 2019
VERVE {IN} VERSE: IN CONVERSATION WITH DIANNELY ANTIGUA
Note: Verve {in} Verse is my poet-focused feature here at The Kenyon Review in which I converse with poets about their work and interests both on and off the page. […]
August 22, 2019
LITTLE MONSTERS: ON LLAMA SESTINAS & FREE VERSE POETIC FORMS (PART 2)
Read Part 1 here. Looking back now, as August comes to a close, I’m struck by the peculiar strength and joy that came with both writing and engaging in conversation […]
August 14, 2019
Little Monsters: On Llama Sestinas & Free Verse Poetic Forms (Part 1)
I confess, up until a few years ago, I’ve long held the belief that free verse is the ultimate expression of creation. (Prose people, wait before you lob your […]
July 30, 2019
Publisher Spotlight: Jeffrey Levine of Tupelo Press
Jeffrey Levine is the author of three books of poetry: Rumor of Cortez (Red Hen), nominated for a 2006 Los Angeles Times Literary Award in Poetry, Mortal, Everlasting (Pavement Saw […]
July 18, 2019
Staying Composed: A Conversation with Dale Trumbore
Dale Trumbore is a Los Angeles-based composer and writer whose music has been praised by The New York Times for its “soaring melodies and beguiling harmonies.” Her music has been […]
July 11, 2019
Publisher Spotlight: Rose Solari of Alan Squire Publishing
Rose Solari is the author of three full-length collections of poetry, The Last Girl, Orpheus in the Park, and Difficult Weather, the one-act play, Looking for Guenevere, and the novel, A […]
July 8, 2019
“The improvisational quality of writing”: A Conversation with Ruth Danon
Ruth Danon is the author of WORD HAS IT (Nirala, 2018), LIMITLESS TINY BOAT (BlazeVOX, 2015), and much earlier TRIANGULATION FROM A KNOWN POINT (North Star Line, 1990.) For 23 […]
July 4, 2019
Detroit, 1969
Hamburgers and watermelon. Mad Dog 20/20 on boyfriend Phil’s breath. That summer, Marsha and I sold Black Panther Party newspapers downtown, hustling in front of Hudson’s like the revolutionary vanguard […]
June 29, 2019
“I start from a place of extreme openness”: A Conversation with Cassandra Cleghorn
Cassandra Cleghorn’s Four Weathercocks was published in 2016 by Marick Press. Her poems and reviews have appeared in journals including Paris Review, Yale Review, Poetry International, Colorado Review, Boston Review, Field and […]