Blogs
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A Quick Interview with Diana Salier
“Confessional” poet Diana Salier (whom we love) confesses to misusing cafe space and more in this interview at Monkeybicycle. It’s basically a snapshot of that time in my life, which is kind of cool now when it feels so far away. It’s…
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National Poetry Month Day 4: “Sawed-Through Link” by Marilyn Nelson
Marilyn Nelson, today’s featured poet, wrote a series of ghazals to accompany some images by illustrator Philippe Lardy, who gave us permission to include a copy of the painting which inspired Nelson’s poem. Sawed-Through Link
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The Rumpus Interview with Elizabeth Scarboro and Lidia Yuknavitch
Both Yuknavitch and Scarboro, whose books echo each other in interesting ways, were willing to talk with me about this question of what to do with memoir, and much more.
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Forever Stamp Poets
Because nothing says “here is my overdue rent” like a greeting sealed with a Theodore Roethke stamp. The United States Postal Service is jumping into the fun of National Poetry Month by issuing ten new forever stamps featuring the handsome…
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Reading Chairs
Luckily, there’s a website devoted to fancy chairs. If that’s not enough, in anticipation for the Salone del Mobile furniture fair, fellow bookworms across the world wide web have been marking off their favorite reader-friendly models. Hey book lovers, please take…
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National Poetry Month Day 3: “To Biespiel From United Flight 1037” by David Biespiel
To Biespiel From United Flight 1037 — Greensboro to Atlanta Dear Brother — I used to think of death all the time, And then for a time I didn’t, or didn’t try to, And now I do not expect to…
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Theophobia by Bruce Beasley
Julie Marie Wade reviews Bruce Beasley’s Theophobia today in Rumpus Poetry.
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National Poetry Month
April Fools and the beginning of National Poetry Month? Seems like a killer day to us! [April 1] marks the start of National Poetry Month, the monthlong celebration of the verse inaugurated in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets. The…
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FUNNY WOMEN #99: Modern Vice
We were tired of being good, so we decided to start sinning. We didn’t want to kill anybody or steal anything, so we stuck to modern vice.
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National Poetry Month Day 2: “To Mercury, In Retrograde” by Randall Mann
To Mercury, In Retrograde This ointment isn’t helping. This clinic isn’t free. The nurse’s favorite movie is Penitentiary III.
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Make Mine a Double Decker
San Francisco residents (or anyone amused by public transportation shenanigans) should look no further than Muni Diaries’s Five Best Muni Moments. Favorite: “a rider saw two guys selling Starbucks coffee beans out of a suitcase on the back of the 22-Fillmore.…