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 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. […]
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 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 23, 2019
Mix-Tape VII: All the Eguanas for What We Can’t Say
There are things happening right now in many families, like my own, too painful to share. So I will share this instead: My husband B spells iguana with an “E.” […]
July 15, 2019
Verve {in} Verse: In Conversation with Emilia Phillips
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. […]
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 26, 2019
Verve {in} Verse: In Conversation with Jared Harél
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. […]
June 24, 2019
On the Language of “Our Place”: A Tribute to Quaint
Growing up, my parents never had a “place.” Meaning they did not have a restaurant to which they could escape, just the two of them. Meaning that using “place” […]
June 20, 2019
Repetition Is Political: On Walking Alone, “I Have a Dream,” and Morgan Parker
In 2016, I attended a weeknight concert at the Showbox in Downtown Seattle that got me thinking about walking as a political act. The headliner that night was riot grrrl […]
June 10, 2019
A Decade of CantoMundo: In Conversation with Celeste Guzman Mendoza & Deborah Paredez
This past weekend was the last year of a 10-year term for Co-Directors Celeste Guzman Mendoza and Deborah Paredez, who along with Carmen Tafolla, Norma E. Cantú and Pablo Martínez […]
June 2, 2019
VERVE {IN} VERSE: IN CONVERSATION WITH MARCUS JACKSON
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. […]