I love this quote, which I found over at The Poetry Department, so I’m sharing it with you. I’ve been working on a new book of poems, many of which touch on music in some way — a result, I’m certain, of taking piano lessons for the last several years and practicing daily. (No, I […]
CALYX Journal, Vol. 33:1 Cover art “Flamingo” by Leah Kosh Featuring new work by thandiwe D. Watts-Jones, Kamal E. Kimball, Bethany Reid, Meredith Starr, and more Order your copy or subscribe and save! CALYX Journal Vol. 33:1 has arrived and is overflowing with beautiful and empowering new poetry, prose, reviews, and full-color art from a wide […]
“The poem is an eyehole to a kind of truth or beauty that is finally unnameable.” –May Swenson Last week I visited Washington University in St. Louis, MO, and, among other pleasurable tasks, I spent two mornings in the Special Collections section of the Olin Library, pawing through the May Swenson archives. These are an […]
WADE IN THE WATER, Tracy K. Smith. Graywolf Press, 250 Third Avenue North, Suite 600, Minneapolis, MN 55401, 2019, 96 pages, $16 paper, www.graywolfpress.org. For my last poet in #nationalpoetrymonth, this book is too perfect. Here’s Graywolf Press’s description: In Wade in the Water, Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy K. Smith boldly ties America’s contemporary moment both […]