September 30, 2018
Verve {in} Verse: In Conversation with Edward Vidaurre
Note: Verve {in} Verse is my new poet-focused feature here at The Kenyon Review in which I converse with poets about their work and interests both on and […]
August 22, 2017
Patricia Smith’s “Skinhead”
In light of the white hate and violence on recent display in Charlottesville, as the (still living) history of white supremacy and white nationalism rose up in (was it ever […]
July 30, 2015
Teach This (Part V)
[Continued from earlier posts on teaching poetry] Robert Hayden’s “Night, Death, Mississippi” is a poem that horrifies me. Each time I encounter the domestic scene and colloquial voice, it feels like […]
August 27, 2010
Fort Greene Park Summer Literary Festival
First, let’s clear our throats. Willie Perdomo That was Willie Perdomo at last week’s Fort Greene Park Summer Literary Festival. (I took all of these videos with my sweetie’s new […]
May 7, 2010
Poetic Political Engagement: Yes and Yes
I’m in the middle of packing madness, so I just have time for a quick discussion of “This Land Is Your Land.” This article by David Biespiel appeared on the […]