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Kenneth said: ...innovative or experimental writing lives only in the academy. The slam is arguably the most innovative, controversial and exhilarating poetry movement in decades. It is not only established as a...

Patricia sez: You see, Kenneth Goldsmith is going around telling people I don’t exist. Absolutely not. I would never presume to speak for you nor anyone else, Patricia. I've never told anyone...

Patricia sez: You see, Kenneth Goldsmith is going around telling people I don’t exist. Absolutely not. I would never presume to speak for you nor anyone else, Patricia. I've never told anyone...

Hi, my name is Patricia. I’m approximately 5’6” tall, a black woman with reddish-brown hair (paid in full), a thick waist and world hips. I love wearing sun hues—deep golds,...

Updated 5:40 p.m. thanks to Shanna Compton... Shoemaker & Hoard, soft skull press, and Counterpoint publishing houses were all purchased by Charles Winton and are being reorganized into a new...

I saw the headline “Illegal Migrants Dissect Details of Senate Deal” in the New York Times over the weekend, and I wondered if they had a linguistic policy change, as...

Kenny’s post about a readership existing solely in the academy made me think about a ridership. I usually resist decrees about what is and isn’t a poem, who is and...

This is the most whimsical thing I've seen in a while, and seems to capture the Czech spirit. * I could be wrong, but I wonder if this sort of theater would...

Kwame, Difference, indeed: http://poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/05/kenneths_goldsmith_recent_blog.html vs. http://poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/05/kwames_dawes_recent_blog_about.html Might be worth further discussion. And, dear, most of my hair has already fallen out. Another curse, please. (smile) Luv, Kenny G

Some of the larger and decidedly political work that Linton Kwesi Johnson did through his poetry involved reciting his poems at rallies and marches in the UK to protest real...