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Monthly Archives: March 2012
On Generosity of Thought—a Writer’s Gifts
On the June afternoon when I first joined Lesley’s MFA faculty, during a break between meetings, I carried my coffee to an outdoor table where several other faculty members were sitting and asked if I could join them. Wayne Brown, … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Bloggers
Tagged correspondence, friendship, Guest Bloggers, letter writing, letters, Rachel Kadish, Wayne Brown
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April Fools: Some Funny Novels (Seriously, That’s What the Post Is About)
Our valiant editorial intern, Sean Mackey, suggested this month that in honor of April Fools’ Day we recommend a few humorous books. He had this to say himself: Humor is becoming more and more specific for different audiences, where a … Continue reading
Matthew Thorburn
Matthew Thorburn’s poem, “A Field of Dry Grass” appears in our Winter 2011-12 issue, guest edited by Alice Hoffman. “A Field of Dry Grass” opens with these lines: Hard to imagine Bashō died here in a rented room above a … Continue reading
Posted in Contributors' Notes
Tagged A Field of Dry Grass, Basho, contributors' notes, Matthew Thorburn, poetry, Winter 2011-12
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Exit Strategy
In six weeks, I’ll be done with my MFA. No more workshops, no more craft classes, no more hanging out in the creative writers’ house, no more external structure or deadlines. It’ll be back to the years B.P.S. (Before Poetry … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Bloggers
Tagged advice, Eric Weinstein, Guest Bloggers, MFA, MFA programs, Writing time
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Minuet For Guitar
Minuet For Guitar (In Twenty-Five Shots) Vitomil Zupan, trans. Harry Leeming Dalkey Archive, December 2011 400 pages $23.95 Scope: microscopic to galactic Tones: philosophical, dark, sarcastic With: tiny flecks of the bucolic Concerning: Slovenian partisan Berk, fighting in World War … Continue reading
Drifting House: an Interview with Krys Lee
For this blog post, I am interviewing Krys Lee, author of the short story collection, Drifting House, published this year by Viking/Penguin. Drifting House follows the lives of Koreans both in their homeland and in the United States. According to … Continue reading
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Tagged Drifting House, Guest Bloggers, interviews, Krys Lee, short story collection, Thomas Lee
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The Physics of Fiction, the Music of Philosophy: an Interview with Rebecca Newberger Goldstein
Rebecca Newberger Goldstein’s astonishments as a philosopher and as a novelist are too numerous to list here. Already launched in her career as a philosophy professor, she reached a moment in her own life when philosophical inquiry no longer felt … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Bloggers
Tagged fiction, Guest Bloggers, interview, novel, Rachel Kadish, Rebecca Newberger Goldstein
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Nicholas Samaras
Nicholas Samaras’ poem, “I Like to Live with Hermits,” appears in our Winter 2011-12 issue, guest edited by Alice Hoffman. “I Like to Live with Hermits” opens with these lines: Let me practice silence with you. You have an extra … Continue reading
Dear Dr. Poetry…
The Louisiana Purchase by Jim Goar Rose Metal Press, Nov. 2011 80 pages $15.95 Dear Dr. Poetry, I’ve been a middle school art teacher for twenty years, but thanks to budget cuts, I’ve recently had to begin teaching history, too. … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews
Tagged Book Reviews, Dear Dr. Poetry, Jim Goar, poetry, Shannon Wagner, THe Louisiana Purchase
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Pro Forma, Pro poetica
Some of you would accuse me of never having had any formal instruction in Latin. Some of you would be correct! If you crack open an issue of a nationally distributed literary magazine these days, you’re unlikely to see a … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Bloggers
Tagged Dr. Seuss, Eric Weinstein, Guest Bloggers, meter, poetry, rhyme, Shakespeare
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