Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears

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Whoever wrote this poem lo those many years ago ought to be forced to wear those shorts.

I’m really surprised there hasn’t been more of a response to David Orr’s piece in the NY Times Book Review last week. Are we poets not petty enough to be insulted anymore? I read the blogs–I know better than that.

If I were anywhere near Milwaukee next weekend, I’d be here. I’ve only been reading the Levertov-Duncan letters off and on for the last three years, after all.

This might be the future of online chapbooks, or at least one of them.

And here’s a way of rejuvenating poetry’s unsung past–republishing out of print journals online.

And finally, sometimes flarf just ain’t enough.

Brian Spears

Brian Spears's first collection of poetry, A Witness in Exile, is now available through Louisiana Literature Press, and at his personal website. He is the Poetry Editor for The Rumpus, and teaches poetry at Drake University. More from this author →