AltWeeklies Wire
Duke and UNC Team Up to Make Poetic Connectionsnew
"This conference is happening here--and that's not an accident. They haven't had one like this in New York yet, or in San Francisco yet. This is a thing that could only happen here."
New Poetry by Lou Lipsitznew
If this world falls apart (the winner of the 2010 Blue Lynx Prize) consistently brings the reader to a dark place and then pulls back.
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Poet Patrick Herron's Alter Ego Offers Up a Quirky Collectionnew
Whether the poem concerns a puppet longing to get the words right in love letters or a coded numerolanguage, at their core these verses seem to grapple with our very human programming.
Poems That Marry Domesticity with Wars Abroad in 'Old War'new
In Alan Shapiro's latest book, we find many poems where he masterfully describes what seems to be absolutely nothing.
Chris Vitiello's Linguistic Conundrumsnew
Reading Irresponsibility almost feels as though we've stumbled upon a writer's journal, full of copious note-taking and observation—as Vitiello might describe the process.
The Art of Versenew
Poet Jack Gilbert and artist Henryk Fantazos have created a fun collaborative objet d'art, Song of the Line.
Heat and Dustnew
Michael Chitwood's poetry of Southern realism and universal mortality.
