December 31, 2018
Devils, Unicorns, and Fever Dreams: My 2018 Reading List
As 2018 drew to a close and the literary internet was flooded with “Best of 2018” book lists, I noticed a fair amount of backlash against these lists—namely, that they […]
December 27, 2018
Gentrification, the American Lie: An Interview with Stacie Williams
I met Stacie Williams a few years ago in a writing workshop I taught in Cleveland. She submitted a short story that was set in a gentrifying neighborhood, and I […]
November 18, 2011
Mix Tape: Nobody Puts Baby in a Corner…
…and nobody shoves Bob Hass around. Have books, will travel! Occupy Wall Street and the need for mobile libraries. Books can go anywhere, and so can poems…so why are so […]
May 4, 2010
Altered States
Ohio. I’m sitting inside an I-80 rest stop, not far from Kent. A headline in this morning’s USA Today: “A Teachable Moment at Kent State, 40 Years Later.” Does “teachable […]