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In a letter written in 1879, Hopkins described this poem as “the best thing [he has] ever written.” I should pay more attention to the poem for that reason, to...

Peter Baldes, Joan Jonas, Vertical Roll, Sliced Vertically (2005) With the rise of the web, writing has met its photography. By that I mean, writing has encountered a situation similar to...

I have been thinking about poems lately. Not poets. Just poems. I realize that poetry is often like food for me. I like to have a...

Whew. Last week, I was on the faculty of one of the most challenging, groundbreaking creative retreats in the country, surrounded by students whose work was so good it made me...

"Concepts, too, have feelings," Carter Ratcliff says in his afterword to "Arrivederci, Modernismo:" I am not saying that a concept -- "number," for example, or "constitutionality" -- is literally capable of...

Every time I pick up a copy of Chicago Review I learn something. They have a knack for special sections: Kenneth Rexroth, Lisa Robertson, Christopher Middleton, Louis Zukofsky, and Stan...

The most extraordinary document came in the mail the other week. It was a reprint of art critic Carter Ratcliff's* poem "Arrivederci, Modernismo" by Libellum, Vincent Katz's press. It was...

“Oh, Mr. Cuthbert,” she whispered, “That place we came through—that white place—what was it?” “Well now, you must mean the Avenue,” said Matthew after a few moments’ profound reflection. “It is...