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D. Gilson

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D. Gilson is the author of I Will Say This Exactly One Time: Essays (Sibling Rivalry Press) and the forthcoming Jesus Freak (Bloomsbury) with Will Stockton.
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(K)ink: Writing While Deviant: D. Gilson

  • D. Gilson
  • July 9, 2018
Place is context in part, but it is not context in summation.
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The Wynona Stone Poems by Caki Wilkinson

  • D. Gilson
  • January 21, 2015
D. Gilson reviews Caki Wilkinson's The Wynona Stone Poems today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Straight Razor by Randall Mann

  • D. Gilson
  • December 27, 2013
D. Gilson reviews Randall Mann's Straight Razor today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Last Poem I Loved: “Ganymede,” by Michael D. Snediker

  • D. Gilson
  • July 3, 2013
Sometimes, it’s easy to think of the poem as a conversation one might have in a bar. And sometimes, to follow the metaphor through, the poem is a surprising conversation,…
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Double Shadow by Carl Phillips

  • D. Gilson
  • June 20, 2012
Double Shadow seems to find the poet at mid-breath, or in a time of transition where the voice may be in flux from previous work; but the watchful eye, and the careful hand that crafts these verses, is still ever-present.
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The Last Poem I Loved: “Reaching Around For You” by D.A. Powell

  • D. Gilson
  • May 3, 2012
April is over. We can’t stop these things from happening, no. We’re slipping out of spring into summer, out of busy semesters and National Poetry Month. We’re slipping outside our…
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The Last Poem I Loved: “Cockroach” by Randall Mann

  • D. Gilson
  • June 15, 2011
More accurately: the last poem I envied, and isn’t envy but one form of love? From time to time you come across a poem that makes you stop, read (once,…
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