Tag: The Cincinnati Review
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recent book review + other happenings
My new work schedule has me more or less staying on top of things, with the odd exception of making time for blogposts. Been meaning to hop on here and share a bit, so here goes: First, I’m excited to share my book review of Canisia Lubrin’s The Dyzgraphxst is available to be read on…
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* new post for the CR blog!
Just a quick post to share my latest installment of “What’s Poetry Got to Do with It?” over at the Cincinnati Review blog. In this post I do a short survey of three Virgo poets: Charles Wright, Kay Ryan, and William Carlos Williams. Could be that working on this CR post last week is what…
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* the staying noise of jürgen becker
Hell, Sartre Said, Is Other People – Jürgen Becker L’heure bleu, it could be, but it’s the do-it-yourself handyman who makes the mood for his and my evening. Powerless this entire building – seventh, eleventh, fourteenth floor; the man drills into the walls, yet no one sees him. In case I see him, I’ll, I’ll…
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* new tanka at a hundred gourds!
Just a quick post to share some new tanka in the latest issue of A Hundred Gourds! My tanka can be found on page 4 and page 14, respectively. This issue is filled with great work by Janet Lynn Davis, Claire Everett, and Chen-ou Liu among many others. Check it out here! Thank you to Susan…
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* new blog post at Cincinnati Review blog
Just a quick note to share my latest post for my Cincinnati Review blog column “What’s Poetry Got to Do with It?” Read the new post here. This time around I discuss astrology, focusing on Pisces and Sei Shonagon. Along with expanding on ideas on astrology I’ve shared here on the Influence, this post can…
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* containing with edward hirsch & some news
I remember reading this week’s poem – “Special Orders” by Edward Hirsch – in a Borders back in 2008 when his book (of the same name) came out. Reading through the book, I marveled at Hirsch’s ability to navigate rich emotional territory through an engaging line. His ability to stack various worlds (work, memory, the…
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