Category Archives: Poesie

One of the primary reasons I read poetry is my delight in the unexpected line, the description, turn, or leap that seems so incredibly correct but had previously eluded me. It’s a feeling somewhat akin to catching the word that … Continue reading →

I’ve been giving some more thought to the BlazeVox boondoggle, and read with interest Geoffrey Gatza’s reactions-in-real-time on the BlazeVox Blog, and Reb Livingston’s thoughtful response at No Tell Motel about how hard publishing avant-garde poetry can truly be. Now, … Continue reading →

So, there has been a great flapping of fingers about BlazeVOX Books and their “requiring” poets to pony up $250 toward the publication costs of their book. I don’t have the energy (and really see no need, since you can … Continue reading →

we shouldn’t just accept that a reader who loves every poem in a book will still love the book. Continue reading →

I was on twitter this evening, doing my usual check of what Steve Martin is saying about his banjo career and came across this link from Jericho Brown, who was blogging for poets.org. I write this with the caveat that … Continue reading →

I could rail all day about first-book awards for poetry, but I’d mostly be railing against the fact that poetry doesn’t make enough money for publishers just to search out books, which I can’t care all that much about and … Continue reading →

The “demise” of the literary journal Open City a few months back got me wondering about online literary magazines. Publishing a traditional paper magazine independently seems to be even more impossible than ever (although I do wonder, actually, about whether … Continue reading →

From David Orr’s review of O. Magazine’s poetry issue from the New York Times Book Review: “I wish, though, that they had found space for someone — not a critic, necessarily, just someone willing to be honest — to talk … Continue reading →

I can’t get a link to the piece directly, but click on “AWP” here and read Claudia Rankine’s response to a Tony Hoagland poem. Definitely worth a read. You can read the poem here. I had originally intended to write … Continue reading →