Counterpoint asked "a lot of people" (as Cory Doctorow put it) to reflect on the world of copyright on the 300th anniversary of the passage of Queen Anne's Law, and to look at how copyright is being used (or abused) today, as well as how it might need to evolve. I've only read a handful … Continue reading Celebrating 300 Years of Copyright
Poetic Lives Online
Have you been keeping up with our National Poetry Month project? The list is updated every morning with new poemy goodness. Along with National Poetry Month, the big discussion this week seems to be the AWP Convention. WILLA has three days planned for you, if you need suggestions. I won't be at the AWP this … Continue reading Poetic Lives Online
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
Another Poem to Love 