Over the next couple of days I’m going to publish what are basically transcriptions of three in-class essays from my Modern Poetry class with Don Revell. The purpose is partially self-serving, … more →
A Compulsive Readerbobyehling wrote 2 days ago: Well, good to see that everyone is looking for fun lists for holiday shopping! The “30 Books E … more →
awessels wrote 5 days ago: Over the next couple of days I’m going to publish what are basically transcriptions of three i … more →
Theresa Williams wrote 5 days ago: Front of Envelope. Munch's "Puberty" and photo of Vaslav Nijinsky. Photographs, rubber … more →
thomasbrady wrote 1 week ago: A great deal of 19th century verse is wretched—exposure to poorly written rhyme will naturally push … more →
rich wrote 1 week ago: So, today, while I was eating a rueben at Applebee’s, I was thumbing through the latest editio … more →
clattermonger wrote 1 week ago: This Is Just To Say ... This is just to say I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which … more →
thomasbrady wrote 1 week ago: Do American poetasters love their William Carlos Williams, or what? They dream William Carlos Willi … more →
M. E. Wickham wrote 2 weeks ago: “It is at the edge of a petal that love waits.” – William Carlos Williams … more →
thomasbrady wrote 2 weeks ago: Joan Shelley Rubin, author of Songs of Ourselves: The Uses of Poetry in America, said the 1920s belo … more →
awessels wrote 2 weeks ago: Walt Whitman begins Leaves of Grass (deathbed edition) with: One’s-Self I sing, a simple separ … more →
thomasbrady wrote 2 weeks ago: David Lehman uses half his introduction to Best American Poetry 2009 to attack William Logan. Now we … more →
featherheart wrote 2 weeks ago: “Design for November” Let confusion be the design and all my thoughts go, swallowed by d … more →
thomasbrady wrote 3 weeks ago: Everyone knows the Poetic Modernism Revolution begain with the Imagists, but few appreciate the role … more →
awessels wrote 3 weeks ago: This month turned out to be relatively successful. Finally finishing up the Mariani biography of Wi … more →
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New Directions wrote 3 weeks ago: – Camino Real by Tennessee Williams – … more →
Michael Leong wrote 1 month ago: In the Season Four SpongeBob episode “Fear of a Krabby Patty” (which was coincidentally … more →
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