You've probably heard of erasure as a poetic mode--how about redaction? Arthur Lubow looks at Adam Zagajewski, calls him "the last of his kind." Lily Hoang at HTMLGIANT wonders about the discussion surrounding Tao Lin: "I do, however, care about the evident boredom people display in their comments about him. Why do you care? Furthermore, … Continue reading Poetic Lives Online
Reading Ulysses on my phone
A year and a half ago, I openly mocked the notion of reading Ulysses on a tiny screen. At the time, I had an iTouch instead of an iPhone, but I was still convinced that it was, as the title of that post says, the worst app ever. And now, I'm reading Ulysses on my … Continue reading Reading Ulysses on my phone
Does this mean I have taste?
The Lambda Literary Awards have announced the finalists for their 22nd annual awards, and I'm really glad to see a couple of names in particular on the lists for Lesbian Poetry and Gay Poetry, because I reviewed both books for The Rumpus. Here's my review of Samiya Bashir's Gospel, and of Randall Mann's Breakfast with … Continue reading Does this mean I have taste?
National Poetry Month’s Coming
For the last couple of weeks, I've been putting together the National Poetry Month project for The Rumpus, where I'm the poetry editor. It's a fair amount of work, wrangling 30 poems from 30 different people in various stages of their careers, balancing styles and genders and ethnicities and ages among other things. And I'm … Continue reading National Poetry Month’s Coming
Poetic Lives Online
Congratulations to Rae Armantrout for winning the National Book Critics Circle Award for her collection Versed.This post by Al Filreis made me send him a Facebook friend request, just so I can find out how the conversation ended. (If you friend request me, I'll probably say yes--I'm a bit of a whore.)Jessica Smith has more … Continue reading Poetic Lives Online
The New Math Doesn’t Really Add Up
What does one do with an essay like the one David Alpaugh penned for the Chronicle of Higher Education on the current state of poetry publication? As an editor who publishes about 50 poems a year here on The Rumpus (all directly solicited), I feel like I have to respond, since I'm contributing to the … Continue reading The New Math Doesn’t Really Add Up
Reading update
Even though I've been busy as hell with the semester, I've managed to get some reading done in the last few weeks. Almost two months ago, I took a page from Mark Scroggins and other to think about just how much I read. Since then, I've finished George Witte's Deniability, W. S. DiPiero's City Dog, … Continue reading Reading update
Do What Now?
So I'm hunting around for links for my weekly Poetic Lives Online post over at The Rumpus, when I come across this gem of a post from the London Review blog. I couldn't give it the full attention I thought it deserved in that column, so I'm putting it here instead. The blog post begins … Continue reading Do What Now?
Poem Flow
Poets.org, the online home of the Academy of American Poets, has just released an iPhone app called Poem Flow. (No idea on just how well that link will work, for the record--you can access the description through the Poets.org home page as well.) I downloaded it because, well, I'm a sucker for apps, and it's … Continue reading Poem Flow
Poetic Lives Online
Philip Pullman writes about Blake's poetry, and argues that it can be appreciated separate from the illuminations.Thermos interviews Katy Lederer, who we reviewed nearly a year ago.Anindita Sengupta on Indian English Poetry.Inferno, the video game. It's Dante in the same way "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" is Homer. Except it's a video game. And Beatrice … Continue reading Poetic Lives Online
Another Poem to Love 