November 7, 2016
Trump and Jackboots (Also: Please Vote)
As I write this post, on a Sunday afternoon, a bit of news breaks: the FBI has finished its latest review of Clinton’s emails and recommends no new action. So […]
November 2, 2016
Trump, Meerkats, and Rhyme
With the possible collapse of our democracy within sight, it seems crazy to spend time writing about rhyme. (Really, I should be on a bus to Ohio or Florida.) But […]
September 9, 2016
How To
Who said—and I’m woefully paraphrasing—that each poem teaches you to read it in the reading of it? Or each poet teaches you to understand their personal language within the poems themselves? I […]