Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears

Brian Spears bio ↓  ·  December 19th, 2009  ·  filed under Other

A tale of a poetry reading, or maybe the word “cock” is inherently funny.

Annie Finch tells you everything you need to know about the sonnet.

Who was in Best American Poetry 2009? The answer probably won’t surprise you.

W. S. DiPiero in Threepenny Review: “Certain art gets fresh with us. It stings with what it offers because it says, on any given repeat, something we’re not prepared to hear, though we think we know it so well that it can’t turn on us.”

This week’s Twitter recommendation is Elisa Gabbert, author of Thanks For Sending the Engine. I’ve been following her for a couple of weeks now–good stuff.

Brian Spears

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Brian Spears's first collection of poetry, A Witness in Exile is now available through Louisiana Literature Press. He is the Poetry Editor for The Rumpus, and has just relocated to Iowa. More from this author →

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