August 10, 2007
Short Takes
Medici writers exhumed. Fame will find you whenever you are, even if long dead. “It may seem obsessive, but every day – sometimes hourly – Aaron Shepard checks the Amazon.com […]
August 9, 2007
Work Study
Jessica Johnson brings some pragmatism to the MFA chatter. –TM Whenever the debate about MFA programs and the professionalization of creative writing comes up, I start thinking about alternate scenarios […]
August 8, 2007
Take Two
Rome. It Wasn’t Built in a Day. Classicists around the world couldn’t be happier. Thanks to a team of archaeologists, architects, and artists, they can now travel back in virtual […]
August 7, 2007
Culture of the MFA
Heather Christle’s blog on standard-issue workshop comments has inspired me to reflect further on my own list of least-favorite comments. I should note, however, that I have probably encountered these […]
August 6, 2007
A Conversation With Stanley Plumly
Just posted on the KR site: A conversation with poet and author Stanley Plumly by KR poetry editor David Baker. “The way my poems have ‘grown’ in size and consciousness […]
August 5, 2007
Un-MFAed
The rites of initiation in any profession can be crude or baroque, extensive or nearly non-existent. Too many wiser voices have spoken of the apprenticeship of writers for me to […]
August 5, 2007
Sunday Funnies
What do Poet Laureates do, exactly? Are they truly, official “lightning [rods] for the poetic impulse of Americans?” Do Americans have a poetic influence? Pinsky thought so. Seems he was […]
August 4, 2007
MFA in Creative Writing? Only if the need is deep.
As someone who received the MFA almost 10 years ago, I think I can say that it was different in the “good ‘ole days.” When I thought of the MFA, […]
August 4, 2007
On the MFA
The KR Editors have asked the blog to consider a question that has badgered MFA programs since their inception (and their recent exponential proliferation): What is the purpose of a […]
August 2, 2007
“Give me my robes”: Crowning Charles Simic
Congratulations to Charles Simic, who has been named the 15th U.S. Poet Laureate by the Library of Congress. Simic is an intriguing choice. To be sure, he’s been lauded, awarded, […]
August 1, 2007
Short Takes
“A good poem is like the space shuttle. It enters the reader’s mind and heart like a rocket. On leaving the atmosphere, it drops the launching gear of experience that […]
August 1, 2007
Three Poems by Marvin Bell
Last Friday, Jerry Harp wrote of poet Marvin Bell’s latest book, Mars Being Red. Now, you can read three poems from Bell as they appear in the Summer 07 issue […]