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Poetry Essay #2: Careerism Versus the Work at Hand

by Joe Weil The Other

Poetry Essay #2: Careerism Versus the Work at Hand

By Joe Weil

Other than that, remember you are going to die, no matter how many awards you win, and you will spend large parts of your life forgetting that. Careerism is only evil if it makes you forget first and last things, for art comes from the contemplation of first and last things–lasting art.

Jun
26
2013
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Other than that, remember you are going to die, no matter how many awards you win, and you will spend large parts of your life forgetting that. Careerism is only evil if it makes you forget first and last things, for art comes from the contemplation of first and last things–lasting art.

Interview with Mark Baumer [AUDIO]

by Nicholas Wilsey The Other

Interview with Mark Baumer [AUDIO]

By Nicholas Wilsey

The Eggshell Parade brings you an interview with writer Mark Baumer.

May
09
2013
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The Eggshell Parade brings you an interview with writer Mark Baumer.

The Book of Knowledge

by Joe Weil The Other

The Book of Knowledge

By Joe Weil

So, thus far, I am both annoyed and delighted all at once, and I have a sneaking suspicion the poet would not mind that I be both annoyed (or irritated/agitated like a clam) and delighted all at once.

Jan
01
2013
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So, thus far, I am both annoyed and delighted all at once, and I have a sneaking suspicion the poet would not mind that I be both annoyed (or irritated/agitated like a clam) and delighted all at once.

A Primer on Writing and Imagery (for those who want it)

by Joe Weil The Other

A Primer on Writing and Imagery (for those who want it)

By Joe Weil

You will hear in workshops: “Show, don’t tell,” but that’s a bunch of malarkey. It should be: “Show what tells.”

Dec
19
2012
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You will hear in workshops: “Show, don’t tell,” but that’s a bunch of malarkey. It should be: “Show what tells.”

“This Was the First Day / Of the New Experience”: Notes Towards a Pragmatist Reading of Ashbery’s Poetry and Poetics, Part I

by Andrew Field Poetry and Poetics

“This Was the First Day / Of the New Experience”: Notes Towards a Pragmatist Reading of Ashbery’s Poetry and Poetics, Part I

By Andrew Field

I want to start with a problem: an overwhelming, close to paralyzing sense that an essay about John Ashbery’s poetry is like a representational critique of a cubist painting.

Nov
12
2012
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I want to start with a problem: an overwhelming, close to paralyzing sense that an essay about John Ashbery’s poetry is like a representational critique of a cubist painting.

Why Lesser Talent Succeeds

by Joe Weil The Other

Why Lesser Talent Succeeds

By Joe Weil

I believe being recognized is a talent, a capability in its own right.

Nov
15
2011
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I believe being recognized is a talent, a capability in its own right.

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Terrible Eyes: On a Newly Discovered Photograph of Arthur Rimbaud

by Adam Fitzgerald The Other

Terrible Eyes: On a Newly Discovered Photograph of Arthur Rimbaud

By Adam Fitzgerald

I followed deadpan Rivers down and down,
And knew my haulers had let go the ropes.
Whooping redskins took my men as targets
And nailed them nude to technicolour posts.

Apr
18
2010

I followed deadpan Rivers down and down,
And knew my haulers had let go the ropes.
Whooping redskins took my men as targets
And nailed them nude to technicolour posts.

All the People of the Universe (An interview with Dorothea Lasky)

by Ben Fama The Other

All the People of the Universe (An interview with Dorothea Lasky)

By Ben Fama

To sum up our tryptych of posts for Dorothea Lasky, I present a brief and delicious interview

Apr
16
2010
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To sum up our tryptych of posts for Dorothea Lasky, I present a brief and delicious interview

As I’m writing This I’m drinking Earl Grey. Hot.

by Bianca Stone The Other

As I’m writing This I’m drinking Earl Grey. Hot.

By Bianca Stone

Recently I have begun the epic adventure of watching a series after its time on television. This means many hours of sitting in front of a screen, not having to watch commercials or wait a week, or a year, to see how it all unfolds. Often times when you should be writing the greatest poem […]

Apr
12
2010
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Recently I have begun the epic adventure of watching a series after its time on television. This means many hours of sitting in front of a screen, not having to watch commercials or wait a week, or a year, to see how it all unfolds. Often times when you should be writing the greatest poem […]

Could Eros be kept

by Zachary Pace The Other

Could Eros be kept

By Zachary Pace

nay, thank him and the bright goddess
that he left us

Apr
08
2010

nay, thank him and the bright goddess
that he left us

Partial board meeting

by Stuart Krimko The Other

Partial board meeting

By Stuart Krimko

at Great Lakes bar and Chris Stackhouse’s apartment Attendees yours truly Fitzgerald Kearney Gregorian Stackhouse though not sure if he counts honorary board member maybe everyone’s welcome everybody’s autobiography something in Ashbery about that ‘Soonest Mended’ until too late in the morning almost the dawn Minutes: dogwoods Parliaments fire escape, five favorite poets, five favorite […]

Apr
08
2010

at Great Lakes bar and Chris Stackhouse’s apartment Attendees yours truly Fitzgerald Kearney Gregorian Stackhouse though not sure if he counts honorary board member maybe everyone’s welcome everybody’s autobiography something in Ashbery about that ‘Soonest Mended’ until too late in the morning almost the dawn Minutes: dogwoods Parliaments fire escape, five favorite poets, five favorite […]

POESY LINKS

by Sasha Fletcher The Other

POESY LINKS

By Sasha Fletcher

http://www.everyday-genius.com/2010/04/laura-carter.html
is this a poem? i don’t know. i don’t care. A) she’s a poet and greying ghost put out a poetry chapbook of hers B) it’s awesome and in terms of its approach to the idea of the lyric i’d say it’s probably better than a deal of things i’ve read in verse. when i say better i want to qualify that: it is inventive and invigorating. inventive may not be the right word. but say this aloud. a lot.

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Apr
03
2010
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http://www.everyday-genius.com/2010/04/laura-carter.html
is this a poem? i don’t know. i don’t care. A) she’s a poet and greying ghost put out a poetry chapbook of hers B) it’s awesome and in terms of its approach to the idea of the lyric i’d say it’s probably better than a deal of things i’ve read in verse. when i say better i want to qualify that: it is inventive and invigorating. inventive may not be the right word. but say this aloud. a lot.

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Holy Saturday: The Poetry of Doubt

by Adam Fitzgerald The Other

Holy Saturday: The Poetry of Doubt

By Adam Fitzgerald

A voice that cries, “The tomb in Palestine
Is not the porch of spirits lingering.
It is the grave of Jesus, where he lay.”
—Wallace Stevens, ‘Sunday Morning’

Apr
03
2010

A voice that cries, “The tomb in Palestine
Is not the porch of spirits lingering.
It is the grave of Jesus, where he lay.”
—Wallace Stevens, ‘Sunday Morning’

Convalescence

by Stuart Krimko The Other

Convalescence

By Stuart Krimko

This morning I couldn’t get up I didn’t want to get up I didn’t get up in bed here I lay with the usual bloggy stuff to say, poetry etc. Window world a world apart, window world and widowed bed. I will not leave my bed alone. I will be here for it until I […]

Apr
01
2010
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This morning I couldn’t get up I didn’t want to get up I didn’t get up in bed here I lay with the usual bloggy stuff to say, poetry etc. Window world a world apart, window world and widowed bed. I will not leave my bed alone. I will be here for it until I […]

Portland

by Stuart Krimko Memoir

Portland

By Stuart Krimko

I’m sitting up in bed, or on the couch, as it were, where I have been trying to sleep off the slew of vodka-and-tonics I downed last night at our Sand Paper Press reading here in Portland.  Shawn Vandor, whose Fire at the end of the rainbow was just reviewed over at Dossier, and I […]

Mar
25
2010
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I’m sitting up in bed, or on the couch, as it were, where I have been trying to sleep off the slew of vodka-and-tonics I downed last night at our Sand Paper Press reading here in Portland.  Shawn Vandor, whose Fire at the end of the rainbow was just reviewed over at Dossier, and I […]

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Paparazzi

by Adam Fitzgerald The Other

Paparazzi

By Adam Fitzgerald

“When we define the Photograph as a motionless image, this does not mean only that the figures it represents do not move; it means that they do not emerge, do not leave: they are anesthetized and fastened down, like butterflies.”

Mar
20
2010

“When we define the Photograph as a motionless image, this does not mean only that the figures it represents do not move; it means that they do not emerge, do not leave: they are anesthetized and fastened down, like butterflies.”

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