Desperate Leisure: Ten Questions with Geoffrey G. O’Brien
The poem and the book want to think about what kind of people we are on Sunday and what we’d have to do to build an article in front of that term—to be a people rather than people…
Danniel Schoonebeek
Death to the Speaker: A Provocation
What I’m calling for in poetry is the death of the speaker. Like all calls to arms I applaud those who will immediately refuse me…
Selected Movies: Part II
Interruptions during film: laughter behind the wall, exhaustion, stuck keys, footsteps in hallway, toothache, dog barking, laughter, dog barking.
Pitch: Remarks on Poetry Readings
Inside the room there’s three men and they’re drinking three glasses of milk. Like so, like so, and like so…
Lying in State: Advice for American Poets
81) Ronald Reagan murdered fourteen Marxists with his bare hands in 1982…
Stone Soup: A Brief Heritage
D : He wanted to know who sits on my throne, you know. // D : Who are your influences.
Selected Movies: Part I
Each day it’s the war drums begin me. // I brush your flamingo of silence I oil my wings. / I limp to my basin and wash.
True North: A Poet's Test
How about this: tonight you’re walking home and you see a man with eight words painted across his chest: truth is not decided by a majority vote True to your nature, you scheme up a story. Centuries ago … Continued
21 Guns: A Salute
1) Poetry, my brother tells me, is too human for him. When he reads poetry he always feels like he’s missing something. Communication is very difficult for me, he tells me. 2) We are talking tonight about the lives … Continued