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Best American Poetry

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Cheaters Sometimes Win

  • Ian MacAllen
  • September 17, 2015
While the poetry world continues to grapple with the Best American Poetry controversy, perhaps its worth considering why anyone would try to game the system. Theodore Ross over at The…
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White Jealousy

  • Kelly Lynn Thomas
  • September 16, 2015
The new Best American Poetry anthology, edited by Sherman Alexie, contains a poem by the very white Michael Derrick Hudson who used the pen-name Yi-Fen Chou to get his poem…
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Weekend Rumpus Roundup

  • Max Gray
  • September 14, 2015
First, in the Saturday Essay, Melissa Carroll praises the “refreshing” film, The Diary of a Teenage Girl. But despite the wonderful story, great acting, and a great soundtrack, something about the…
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An Open Letter to Aimee Nezhukumatathil

  • Kazim Ali
  • September 9, 2015
Dear Aimee, So the latest thing (why is there always a latest thing) is that a white man used a Chinese name to submit poems that were then chosen for Prairie Schooner and then…
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Yellowface in Poetry

  • Brian Spears
  • September 7, 2015
There’s a storm in the poetry world, this one set off by the bio in Best American Poetry 2015 of Michael Derrick Hudson, who has been publishing under the name Yi-Fen…
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“The Year I Didn’t Kill Myself”

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • November 25, 2013
Why did my mother kill herself and I didn’t that year and have not?…I ask myself at the farmer’s market when David shows me the black radishes that I use…
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Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears

  • Brian Spears
  • December 19, 2009
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…
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The MFA Rankings Wars

  • Brian Spears
  • October 31, 2009
Last week in my Poetic Lives Online column, I wrote a little about the immediate reaction to the Poets & Writers MFA program rankings. Well, it’s blown up a bit…
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