What’s Happening in Egypt?
Let me say at the outset here that I don’t really know. This is a developing story and there are some conflicting reports coming out of an area that isn’t…
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Brian Spears
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Brian Spears is Senior Poetry Editor of The Rumpus and the author of A Witness in Exile (Louisiana Literature Press, 2011). His poem “Upon Reading That Andromeda Will One Day Devour Triangulum and Come For Us Next” was featured in Season 9 of Motion Poems.
Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
You don’t have to wait until AWP to get a copy of my book. The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chat with Kirsten Kaschock will be on Monday January 31 at…
Against Mixology
I’m with Sarah Deming on this–I hate mixologists. Fortunately, they probably hate me too, assuming they acknowledge my existence at all, because I’m one of those muddle-palated creatures who prefers…
Science Saturday
Want a mammoth ride? Give it four years, apparently. Want to really learn a subject? Write about it. (Now, is there any way we writing teachers can use this information…
Saturday Morning Links
Guess who’s got copies of his new book for sale. The surprise news last night was that Keith Olbermann’s show on MSNBC is no more. The interesting thing about the…
Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
We send our condolences to the friends and family of poet and activist Susana Chavez Marisela Escobedo, found murdered in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on January 6. In case you missed…
On Perfect Immigrants and Imperfect Stories
Over at The Atlantic, Julianne Hing writes about some tragic immigration stories, from the Border Patrol officer who was charged with giving shelter to an undocumented immigrant (his father) to…
Science Saturday
The Secret Service has done a study on US assassinations, and there’s some really interesting findings available. Here’s yet another way a hacker can use your public information against you.…
Saturday Morning Links
My coffee pot died earlier this week, so I raided the emergency change jar in order to buy another one. Don’t judge me. Do you have a Kindle and want…
Sovereign Citizens, Mental Health, and Violence
Note: I have a personal policy to not name people who engage in these types violent acts, since one of the big motivators seems to be a desire for fame.…
Want free Poetry?
And by Poetry, I mean the magazine. If you’re part of a book club or a reading group, and you’re interested in poetry (or Poetry), the Poetry Foundation is planning…
Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
Short one tonight–I just don’t have the will to look for poetry stories given what’s gone down today in Arizona. So think of this more as an announcements post. The…