Writing about your childhood and teen years is hard, not just because of the natural tendency to make ourselves the heroes of our stories, which can often lead to being really understanding about why you did dumb shit but not so much about the other people who were (or weren’t) there, and not just because … Continue reading Reclamation Part 6
A New Poetry App for the iPhone
Currently, on my iPhone, I have the following poetry-related apps: Vogon Poetry, Poem Flow (reviewed here), iPhrase (like magnetic poetry), WGBH Poetry (videos mostly), multiple e-reader programs, and now, the app from the Poetry Foundation. I've had the Poetry Foundation app for a few days now and I have to say it's a fun little … Continue reading A New Poetry App for the iPhone
No Jealousy, Just Admiration
Don't have time for a long post here, but I wanted to get this out there. I finished Sandra Beasley's latest, i was the jukebox (don't know whether to capitalize it or not), and I am in awe of it. Not that I want to ape the style or the voice, not that I look … Continue reading No Jealousy, Just Admiration
More poetry and politics
David Biespiel's scolding essay in the latest issue of Poetry would bug me more if its claims weren't so easy to debunk. Many of the commenters there--and thanks to the Poetry Foundation for not closing them down the way they did the ones at Harriet--did a good job of disemboweling Biespiel's claims by pointing to … Continue reading More poetry and politics
Am I a feminist poet?
I've been a feminist for a long time now--even in my more conservative days, I was a strong supporter of equal rights for women, even though I was a bit of an ogre personally. I've had a long way to travel from my fundamentalist upbringing, but it's been a good road and I'm glad I've … Continue reading Am I a feminist poet?
Question
How does one review a collected works? I'm having some problems figuring out an approach that doesn't reduce to "do you like what so-and-so has written over the course of his/her career? Then you'll probably like this." I suppose a reviewer could review the poet's career as a whole, but that seems a daunting, if … Continue reading Question
Some Post-National-Poetry-Month Thoughts
I'm really proud of the selection of poems and poets I was able to gather for The Rumpus project. I got good poems from a wide variety of poets--I discussed that variety here--and had a strong month in terms of reviews and interviews as well, something I hope will carry over into the rest of … Continue reading Some Post-National-Poetry-Month Thoughts
Poetic Lives Online
Most of the excitement this week is in Denver at the AWP Conference, but there's still plenty to talk about in poetry. For instance, have you been keeping up with our National Poetry Month project? We're only a third of a way through April, so there's plenty of time to catch up on your reading. … 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
A New Poetic Home on the Web
I couldn't pass it up. I was hoping to add some different functionality to my main blog, so I set one up to test on, and the name was available. What was I supposed to do?When I started Incertus four years ago, I was planning on making it a blog that dealt with politics and … Continue reading A New Poetic Home on the Web
Another Poem to Love 