September 6, 2007
On the Typewriter, Pt. 2
You’d be hard-pressed to find a man more affable than Robert Green, the proprietor of Amherst Typewriter & Computer. And if using a typewriter is truly an aesthetic experience, then […]
September 4, 2007
On the Scrolls
This post is by W. David Hall, the Director of the Kenyon Review’s Young Writers Program. Was anyone else disappointed that Viking’s On The Road: The Original Scroll was not […]
September 3, 2007
Figuring Figures
Heather McHugh, in graduate workshops, would often bathe my poems in ink. All those warranted marks summed up something like this: beware virtuosity. What I took from that instruction at […]
September 2, 2007
Sunday Funnies: Jane Austen
Don’t you just fall more and more in love with the world of Jane Austen every three-day weekend; even wishing you could live in that world–on occasion? (It’s not just […]
September 1, 2007
Short Takes
Some thoughts on Geoffrey Hill and accessibility. It’s Dante time. If you haven’t yet tackled the Divine Comedy, read this and get on with it. Prepositions are worthy! Prepositions are […]
August 30, 2007
Ethics, Politics, and Metaphor
Having just finished reading my colleague Chana Cox’s Liberty: God’s Gift to Humanity (Rowman & Littlefield 2006), I’ve been reflecting on some of the ways that ethical and political discourse […]
August 29, 2007
Take Two
A Tree Grows in Bookland. If you’ve ever felt guilty about the amount of paper you consume in books, Raz Godelnik can help. Godelnik is the CEO and co-founder of […]
August 28, 2007
Ashbery to be named mtvU Poet Laureate
I found this too interesting not to share this morning–you can read an article about Ashbery’s hip new post here, and get the straight stuff from mtvU’s website here. For […]
August 27, 2007
On the Typewriter
The typewriter fetish that is rampant in my household crossed a critical threshold this weekend–there was an actual moment, on Saturday, where I considered buying dedicated furniture to better house […]
August 26, 2007
Sunday Funnies: Writer’s Block!
It’s amazing how much time people spend talking about writer’s block! Why are writers are always having to defend themselves when they’re in “process?” Are we writers “hung up” on […]
August 24, 2007
Short Takes
“All those sentences that begin with, ‘Poetry must . . .,’ ‘The purpose of poetry is to . . .,’ ‘Readers of poetry should . . .’ — I will […]
August 23, 2007
In Memoriam: Grace Paley
Yesterday the literary world lost a poet, storyteller, and peace activist with the death of Grace Paley. Born in 1922, Paley began publishing stories in the 50s, protesting war in […]