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03 Dec 09

Going Negative by Jason Guriel : Poetry Magazine [article/magazine]

  • Maybe poetry is so marginal, so fragile a commodity, we worry about kicking it when it’s already pretty clearly down.
    • I think there is a lot of truth in this, and who wants to pursue poetry as a practice if there are no rewards. Part of me wants to "protect" poets; another part wants to let them sink or swim with all th other sharks we surround ourselves with (and posture as). - on 2009-12-03
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  • approaching every new book with an open mind is as well-meaning but ultimately exhausting
    • This suggests a failing of (or at least lack of faith in) poetry presses. - on 2009-12-03
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22 Jul 09

Looking for the Door | Cosmopoetica

  • Despite the diversity, my own tastes remain largely mainstream
  • Jorie Graham has made significant reference to the turn, and Hank Lazer’s essay (”Lyricisim of the Swerve”) on Rae Armantrout focuses on the turn in Armantrout’s poetry.
03 Jul 09

Exoskeleton: The Surgeries and Cuts of Ivan Blatny

  • I am opposed to the idea that there must be some kind of organic unity of the poem that can be revealed through close (but apparently, as you'll see, not very close afterall!) reading
  • the poems were written during his time in an insane asylum
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