[wpvideo i7uniFhO] Julie Sheehan reciting “The Song of Wandering Aengus” by W. B. Yeats.
Justin Taylor Reads
[wpvideo dhVLGi7W] Justin Taylor reading “I See Tiny Mouths” by Anthony McCann from the Agriculture Reader.
Amy Berkowitz Reads Ish Klein
[wpvideo 6Ed7lrK5] Amy Berkowitz reads a poem from Ish Klein’s new book UNION!
Jono Tosch Reads
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Fisherman Poets
“They might wax about the versatility of a deck bucket or of romance in rubber boots, but they also describe a livelihood that can kill those who pursue it.” —From an article in the New […]
Banging Away At It
For 21 months I’ve been working on the same piece and it’s driving me crazy. Most every day I turn on my computer, open the same Word document, and start the process all over again. […]
Katharine Coles
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A One Hundred Poem Blog
I can’t stop checking out this blog … daily! A poem is posted each and every day, for the first 100 days, President Barack Obama is in office.On this blog you can read poems by: […]
Gary Clark
[wpvideo 4j6Zt5eD] Gary Clark reading “An Appearance in New Hampshire” from Rivendell Vol. 1 No. 2
Ish Klein Reads "The Phases"
[wpvideo UwPpsyd2] Ish Klein reads “The Phases,” from her new book UNION! to Bernadette.
Mathias Svalina Reads Julie Doxsee
[wpvideo vLJo3OqF] Mathias Svalina reading from Julie Doxsee’s book Undersleep
Kim Addonizio Reads "Ex-Boyfriends"
[wpvideo dletWcOK] Kim Addonizio reads “Ex-Boyfriends.”
Favorite Firsts
The first line of a book always stays with me. I like to devour books, somehow imagining that I can climb into the book, become a part of the story as the ink on the […]
Lit Bits
“Does being ‘great’ simply mean writing poems that are ‘great’? If so, how many? Or does ‘greatness’ mean having a sufficiently ‘great’ project? If you have such a project, can you be ‘great’ while writing […]
Bad Writer Karma
I stole a book yesterday. I know, I know, I know. It was stupid, and I really didn’t meant to do it. It just…happened. There’s a Barnes & Noble about a five-minute drive from my […]
Writers as Luddites
We’re back…from Chicago, that is, and we have lots to recap for you. Zoe went to a great poetry reading featuring Robert Polito, Paul Muldoon, Frank Bidart and others. I attended a panel I want […]
Blake Butler and Daniel Bailey
[wpvideo q7WYC6YV] Blake Butler and Daniel Bailey read “Catalogue Entry for Aging” from Someone Else’s Body by Claire Donato.
A Quickie
Anna, AJ, and I decided to hop on the Blue line and head down to Wicker Park to see Joseph Salvatore read a “Quickie,” at Inner Town Pub’s reading series. The writer’s that participate only […]
Live Blogging?
Live Blogging! Ah! We’re complete liars! Well actually the bigger issue is somehow the AWP Conference is in a hotel that does not have wifi everywhere—I mean, we’d even be willing to pay for it. […]
Manly Writing v Girly Writing?
Two weeks ago I wrote a post about storytelling and a savory sea urchin. It was a love story—or, rather, my way of relaying a story someone had told me. It was soft, slow and effective. The […]
What I Will Be Doing at AWP
[wpvideo xL7ZEfUc] Puppet reading “I’M READY, ARE YOU? – 23 (Truth or Consequences)” by Leigh Stein. For more information on New School University-Sponsored Sock Puppets, please click here.