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  • So You Want to Write Fiction [by Terese Svoboda]

    April 9, 2019

    Five books of fiction for poets to read who want to be fiction writers (and a bonus memoir)chosen with enough word play to engage the poetic habit, and just enough plot. My theory is…

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  • The Poetry Question [by Dave Morice]

    April 8, 2019

    What is poetry? Here is a modern approach to answering that ancient question. The following list contains genuine quotes about “poetry,” “poet,” etc. by famous writers throughout the ages. However, those particular words have…

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  • The Dead Horse: Prose Poetry [by Terese Svoboda]

    April 8, 2019

    The question of whether prose poetry is poetry is no longer. After Anne Carson trained us to seepoems in diffuse dialogue and (sometimes awkward) chunks of imagery, the meditations of theFrench prose poets of…

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  • Terese Svoboda, Guest Author April 8-12

    April 8, 2019

    This week we welcome Terese Svoboda as our guest author. Terese has published 18 books of fiction, poetry, memoir, biography, and a book of translation from the Nuer. Great American Desert, a book of…

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  • Notes on the Final Four: Redemption Song [by Dean Smith]

    April 8, 2019

    The Virginia Cavaliers will take the floor tonight against the Red Raiders of Texas Tech to battle for a national championship with last year’s colossal defeat exorcised from their psyches. Last March, they became…

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  • An Interview with Sally Ashton (by Nin Andrews)

    April 8, 2019

    NA: Congratulations on your new book, The Behavior of Clocks! I thought I'd start this interview by simply asking you to post the poem, "Time, Travels."  Time, Travels         Time and space are…

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