September 11, 2020
Puritanism, Old and New: In Conversation with Marly Youmans on her New Novel
Marly Youmans, author of several books of poetry and fiction, released her new novel, Charis in the World of Wonders, just as the country was going into pandemic lockdown. I […]
October 18, 2019
Reading Marjorie Welish
When Rabo Karabekian, the great abstract expressionist painter and narrator of Kurt Vonnegut’s novel Bluebeard, describes what he loves about his art, he does not talk about expressing grand ideas […]
October 18, 2019
Poetry for People Who Hate Poetry – October
In the beginning was the Word, I read again, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Whatever your theology, that’s a sublime lede. We call this […]
October 2, 2019
A Record of What It Meant: An Interview with Carl Phillips, Author of The Art of Daring and Coin of the Realm
This post is the twelfth in a months-long series that explores the topic of craft: what it is, how it has evolved, who has historically had access to it, and […]
September 30, 2019
VERVE {IN} VERSE: IN CONVERSATION WITH Michael Wasson
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 […]
September 30, 2019
Why We Should Call it Art
There’s a tendency in the writing community to be suspicious of the word “art.” For a lot of people, the word is pretentious, a grandiose attempt to elevate our writing […]
September 28, 2019
VERVE {IN} VERSE: IN CONVERSATION WITH Heidi Andrea Restrepo Rhodes
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. […]
September 24, 2019
Inviting Invention: A Craft Roundtable with Chen Chen, Ángel García, and Bayo Ojikutu
This post is the eleventh in a months-long series that explores the topic of craft: what it is, how it has evolved, who has historically had access to it, and […]
September 16, 2019
What Makes a Character Human?
It’s been almost twenty years ago now since James Wood penned (metaphorically speaking, of course, since I’m sure he used a computer) his famous critique of a genre of literary […]
September 7, 2019
To Allow for Wonder: An Interview with Amorak Huey and W. Todd Kaneko, Authors of Poetry: A Writers’ Guide and Anthology
This post is the tenth in a months-long series that explores the topic of craft: what it is, how it has evolved, who has historically had access to it, and […]
September 6, 2019
Poetry for People Who Hate Poetry – September
I never expected math to help me become a poet. I wouldn’t say I became a poet to get away from math, but when I declared an English major, I […]
August 30, 2019
The Possibilities of Criticism: An Interview with Charles Baxter, Author of Burning Down the House and The Art of Subtext
This post is the ninth in a months-long series that explores the topic of craft: what it is, how it has evolved, who has historically had access to it, and […]