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That I find these characters sympathetic, that I wish them whole while assuming they will never be: This is the beauty and frustration MacKenzie has so elegantly combined. It is easy to hate these men, but I have loved them.
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Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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Literary events in and around Philly this week!
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Literary events in and around Philly this week!
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Jeanne Obbard reviews Kirsten Kaschock’s The Dottery today in Rumpus Poetry.
...moreI met Kirsten Kaschock twelve years ago when we were new graduate students in creative writing in the Syracuse University MFA program—she, in poetry; I, in fiction. She was pregnant at the time; a few days later, she gave birth to her first child.
...moreLately, I’ve been feeling full-circlish. As a result, I am choosing to publicly acknowledge the-last-poem-I-loved’s similarity to the first poem that made me want to be a poet. They were both written by Bill Knott, they are both terribly short, and they are both about what to do when a death happens.
...moreKirsten Kaschock’s A Beautiful Name For a Girl was the Rumpus Poetry Book Club’s January selection. You can read the book club’s interview of her here, and you can find an extended bio at her webpage at Ahsahta Press. Why I Did Not Make Love to Your Dead Body Shouldn’t it be romantic to think […]
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Kirsten Kaschock about her book A Beautiful Name for a Girl. This is an edited transcript of the Poetry Book Club discussion with Kirsten Kaschock. Every month The Rumpus Poetry Book Club hosts a discussion online with the club members and the author, and we post an edited […]
...moreJanuary’s pick for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club is A Beautiful Name for a Girl by Kirsten Kaschock. It’s from Ahsahta Press, and it’s Kaschock’s second collection of poems. For a sample of her work, follow me below the fold.
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