A Short Excerpt from Poemland

A Short Excerpt from Poemland

Chelsea Minnis’s 2009 poetry collection, Poemland (Wave Books), took the world by storm. With its distinctive pink cover, prominently barcode design, and slightly wider spine than is usually found on poetry collections, it felt like a must-have book. And the...
No Post Today

No Post Today

The store window broke so Josh and I had took an hour to put a couple sheets of plywood on it. Now I have to dash out the door to go to Potsdam. So, no post today. Till tomorrow, here’s a book recommendation for people who love novels and poetry: Do You Remember...
A Poem Toward the End

A Poem Toward the End

For today’s National Poetry Month post, I would just refer you to a poem published today at Free State Review, a reliable literary journal helmed by Barrett Warner. Today’s post is “Dawn,” a poem by Chris Bullard, a former judge who lives in...
Thinking of a Poet

Thinking of a Poet

This piece was originally published in a slightly different way in 2011. I thought it would be interesting to include since it discusses the James Wright poem I wrote about recently, and transcribing poems, which Amy has been doing a lot lately. I’m trying to...
ACW’s Writing Residency

ACW’s Writing Residency

Here’s an opportunity for poets looking for a writing getaway: ACW—the Adirondack Center for Writing in Saranac Lake—has opened applications for their Anne LaBastille Memorial Writers Residency, a two-week, fully funded opportunity for writers this September,...