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Once More to the Cradle
Posted on September 28, 2012 | No Commentsby David Axelrod Whenever you enjoy finding your way through a writer’s entire work, reach the end of it because he or she is no longer alive, and you can... -
An Occupation
Posted on March 14, 2012 | No Commentsby David A. Axelrod In his recent blog posts to this site, “Is Myth Still Relevant to Poetry,” James Crews revisits Tony Hoagland’s essay, in Real Sofistikashun, about the “skittery”... -
Is Poetry Gay?
Posted on March 14, 2012 | No Commentsby James Crews On a flight from San Francisco to Chicago a few years ago, I happened to be reading a book of poetry—Charles Wright’s Negative Blue: Selected Later Poems.... -
National Poetry Month: The Health Report by Travis Mossotti
Posted on March 8, 2012 | No CommentsAnd so another April begins. A month where the poetry community in America, fractured and bitter as it may be, feels compelled by nationalistic pride or obligation to reassess the...