June 3, 2018
Little Monsters: On Language {Enunciation}
With her severed tongue the shewolf Scoops live water from the jaws of a cloud And again becomes whole —“Burning Shewolf,” Vasko Popa (trans. by Charles Simic) Upon […]
July 29, 2016
“Still unknown objects that belong together”: Poetry and assemblage
I recently recorded a poetry craft talk for The Writing University Open Courses program, which will implement another session of its “How Writers Write: Talks On Craft and Commitment” series […]
June 14, 2012
Mix Tape: Judge a Book
What are the top ten poetry presses based on their book covers? These small presses are big on design. Seventeen-year-old Sarah Turbin’s paperback cover design for John Green’s 2006 Printz Honor title, […]
May 17, 2012
Mix Tape: Reinvention
Is the “well-crafted” poem of today formulaic? According to Marjorie Perloff, yes. “The poems you will read in American Poetry Review or similar publications will, with rare exceptions, exhibit the […]
November 29, 2011
Mix Tape: Feeling Thankful For…
Poems, when they come, and for Ruth Stone, who once said, “Never keep a poem waiting; it might be a really good one, and if you don’t get it down […]