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In Charlottesville and Elsewhere, Verse Remains Vital, Local and Freenew

Most people think Americans don't really do the poetry thing. We might do the Hollywood thing, the tech thing, the nation-building thing, and (at least until this year) the high finance thing. But not that poetry thing. Ah, but we do. We just don’t know it.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Sam Witt  |  05-27-2009  |  Books

Two Boston Poets Use Their Art for the Good of the Tribenew

What if a poem were a social force? Boston poets Rafael Campo and Franz Wright have laid bare a live wire between poetry and isolation.
Boston Phoenix  |  James Parker  |  11-26-2008  |  Books

'Red Dog' is Truly a Poet's Novelnew

I love it when poets take on a sprawling narrative, plumping up sentences with images so striking you feel like taking out your highlighter.
NOW Magazine  |  Zoe Whittall  |  11-03-2008  |  Fiction

Bucky Sinister Explores Self-Help's Sinister Undersidenew

Get Up: A 12-Step Guide for Misfits, Freaks, and Weirdos shows how compelling the self-help format can be.
East Bay Express  |  Rachel Swan  |  10-22-2008  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

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