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  • Poet Spotlight: Jennifer Minniti-Shippey [by Kristina Marie Darling]

    February 25, 2019

    Jennifer Minniti- Shippey is the Managing Editor of Poetry International literary magazine, Director of Poetic Youth programs, and a lecturer at San Diego State University. Her most recent collection of poetry, After the Tour,…

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  • Kristina Marie Darling, Guest Author February 25-March 8

    February 24, 2019

    This week we welcome back Kristina Marie Darling as our guest author. Kristina is the author of thirty-two books, including Look to Your Left: The Poetics of Spectacle (Akron Poetry Series, forthcoming in 2020);…

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  • Next Line, Please: This Was Glory, Too [by Virginia Valenzuela]

    February 22, 2019

    Five weeks ago, the members of the Next Line, Please collaborative set out to build a brand new poem, stanza by stanza, brick by brick, but lo and behold, something even more fantastic happened. We…

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  • Neem Fix (by Mitch Sisskind)

    February 22, 2019

    Neem Fix had a nice bitch, Joe Blow had him a male dog,They decided to breed the dogsWhere Neem got pick of the litter And Joe Blow got the next two Of the pups,…

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  • Auden in New York [by David Lehman]

    February 21, 2019

    Born February 21, 1907, W. H. Auden came to NYC in 1939. Here is his poem "The More Loving One" below which you will find the videotape of a discussion I led on Auden.…

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  • Léonce et Léna: due to a change in situation… [by Tracy Danison]

    February 20, 2019

    undefined It’s been 7 hours and 15 days since you look your love away/ Since you’ve been gone I can do whatever I want/I can see whomever I choose/I can eat my dinner in…

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