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How to begin reading J.H. Prynne's poetry? Although the contemporary British poet's writing is a challenge, there are certain rewards. As Wheatley writes: "There is something impersonal, inhuman even, about...

At VIDA (an organization dedicated to promoting women in literary arts) Erika Jo Brown and Kevin Prufer, University of Houston PhD Candidate and Professor, respectively, sat down and tallied the...

Poems from Vancouver poet and critic Donato Mancini's newest book, Loitersack (New Star Books 2014), are up at Lemon Hound! "'Loitersack' is 17th century slang for a lay–abed, a lazybones,"...

The Guardian reports that Wole Soyinka is leading the pack of three for the highly coveted position as Oxford professor of poetry, "a 300-year-old elected post which is seen as...

Poet, performer, and all-around girl-next-supernova Cecilia Corrigan is interviewed at Interview Magazine! This is not a parallel universe--this is a now-universe, starring Sarah Nicole Prickett. Corrigan sets the record "less...

The New York Times spends a moment with ever-sharp and witty John Ashbery to discuss what he's reading at the moment and his perspective of his literary career. From NYT: The...

At the Washington Post Courtland Milloy is in support of E. Ethelbert Miller, who was unexpectedly let-go from his job as director of Howard University's African American Resource Center recently....

In order to prepare for Ed Sanders's new exhibition at Poets House, Kendra Sullivan and Ammiel Alcalay visited Sanders's Woodstock, NY home where they poured through boxes of previously unseen...

in tlilli, in tlapalli: three tejanos in red and black Part 1 of the interview can be found here. LB: I love this idea of Anzaldúa appearing in Marfa in...

During our big National Poetry Month blog extravaganza, you may have been dedicating your web-time to reading an amazing array of posts from our 20 bloggers. With a fresh start...