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Everybody is talking and writing about Claudia Rankines book,
Everybody is talking and writing about Claudia Rankines book, Citizen -- which I hope means that more people will read it instead of read about it, wh...

Happy Thanksgiving, with one of -- I think -- the truly great
Happy Thanksgiving, with one of -- I think -- the truly great poems of this world: Things I Didn’t Know I Loved by Nazim Hikmet, 1902 - 1963 it’...

The extraordinary Ursula Le Guin had this to say at the National
The extraordinary Ursula Le Guin had this to say at the National Book Awards. Not only the smartest thing anybody said last night but probably the sm...

So, I have to write an essay about TIME. Its a keynote for the
So, I have to write an essay about TIME. Its a keynote for the next residency at Goddard. Thats it. TIME. And Ive been making notes: Leos Carax, ...

Im going through my new manuscript and having this complete
Im going through my new manuscript and having this complete breakdown around comma usage. I want to them all out. And its gotten so bad in my readin...

This is a wonderful/quazy video by my old friend Rex Benincasa.
This is a wonderful/quazy video by my old friend Rex Benincasa. It reminds me of Sun Ra and its conspiratorial so it goes in and out of meaning and p...

I love my publisher, Sibling Rivalry Press, but I am a terrible
I love my publisher, Sibling Rivalry Press, but I am a terrible barker for anything Ive ever made if its being sold at the fair. So when it came time...

Labor Day Whenever I see an older white guy get on the elevator
Labor Day Whenever I see an older white guy get on the elevator at work and he’s got on a tie and a jacket and shines the shine of dull talcum powd...

If you can read a poem, you can read a movie. You can read a
If you can read a poem, you can read a movie. You can read a painting, a photograph, a building. You know the questions you must ask to approach anoth...