“The soul they say has no / gender // Unemployment / estimated at 20%” – Hoa Nguyen, “The Soul They Say” Have you been enjoying National Poetry Month? Not gonna […]
Poetry For The People
“The writer’s role is to menace the public’s conscience. He must have a position, a point of view. He must see the arts as a vehicle of social criticism and […]
Friday Links: Say Yes To Poetry Edition
“I stare at my half-swallowed mediocre son, I stare at my half-swallowed mediocre daughter. I finally think I am living the American Dream. Am I? Did we look like a […]
7 Poetic (Auto)Biographies You Should Read
“In the beginning, no one was around.” – Zachary Schomburg, “1977” Before we start, I gotta come clean: even though this is a genre I really really like, I’m not […]
Friday Links: Great Titles Edition
“I couldn’t picture anything coming out of my mouth without bats flying from between my teeth and getting in her hair.” – Lucy Corin, ‘Everyday Psycho Killers’ It is somehow […]
Albums I Should Have Listened To Already: ‘Sistahs’ by Big Joanie
“Don’t tell me to wait” – Big Joanie, “New Year” It’s time for another “Albums I Should Have Listened To Already!” This one is exciting. We’re getting into contemporary punk! […]
Friday Links: Forget The Forms Edition
“Safety isn’t guaranteed by where earth is in its turning, god knows she’s learned that, if nothing else.” – Beth Gilstrap, ‘There Is News Along The Ohio River’ Form—who cares […]
Riffs On Writing With Gwendolyn Brooks
“I write my poems on scraps of paper because I want to carry them in my address book. I’m likely to read them at a moment’s notice.” – Gwendolyn Brooks, […]
Friday Links: A Nation Made Of Mango Streets Edition
“Then as if she forgot I just moved in, she says the neighborhood is getting bad.” – Sandra Cisneros, ‘The House On Mango Street’ Another Friday Links that I’m pre-writing. […]
Dispatches From The Weirdo Convention 2026
“It can make us physically well, or horribly ill.” – David Byrne, ‘How Music Works’ Real quick: I am reading poems TONIGHT, 3/11, at The Whistler. That’s right, two weeks […]