Notable NYC: 6/22–6/28
Literary events in and around NYC this week!
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Posts Tagged: Amy King
About That Kenny Goldsmith Piece in the New Yorker
We ran a blog post earlier today about Alec Wilkinson’s pretty crap piece about Kenny Goldsmith in the New Yorker which we characterized as “refreshingly even-handed.” That description is only accurate if you define even-handed as a several-thousand word tongue-bath in the pages of a huge magazine which both ignored and dismissed many of Goldsmith’s critics. We […]
...moreBeauty and the Beastly Po-Biz, Part 2
You can read Part 1 here. Speaking of clothes, one standout opportunity for the heralded “blockage” or disruption of capital that seems to have been missed occurred at the site of capitalism’s convergence: the White House. Kenneth Goldsmith was invited to read poetry and accepted. Both Goldsmith and Place report the specifics online at length. […]
...moreThe Short History of Summer
Innovation is at the heart of these poems, and King’s ability to see through the surface to the deeper and often disconnected intricacies of life make them pleasurable and powerful to read.
...more“Death, Is Always,” a Rumpus Original Poem by Amy King
Death, Is Always Turning my hair inside out, I only see Emma Bee making sense of excess, making something of it online, via high fashion, which shouldn’t be but is, along with every other thing, both uber- and central- Pacific— Turns out the world is a big one. So, This is where I am tonight:
...moreWhat Went Wrong?
The Association of Writing Programs announced its accepted events for the 2012 convention in Chicago on Friday, and my Facebook page/Twitter feed blew up with joy and anguish alike. The panel I’d been asked to be a part of missed the cut (as has been the case for me most years). I was on a […]
...moreNational Poetry Month, Day 21: “Eat the Sinew’s Disbelief” by Amy King
Eat the Sinew’s Disbelief You will never be great, no shirt, no shoes, no servitude. Just a regular Joe, Josephine who walks around, has thoughts, and makes way for Whitman. You’re John the Baptist, a footnote, not your own story.
...morePoetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
Check out this terrific interview with Amy King at Huffington Post on the current “Femininaissance” in poetry. Artifice Mag muses on summer reading and wants to know what you’re reading this summer. Dante Michaux on “What’s American about American Poetry?” Another year, different drama over the Oxford Poetry Professorship. Video from the Brooklyn action by […]
...moreDiversity in Voices
In a very powerful piece
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