2nd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 28 :: BUD BERKICH on WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS
William Carlos Williams: Backyard Artist I first experienced the poetry of William Carlos Williams in the fall of 1994, as an English major at Rutgers College. For me, it was…
2nd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 27 :: BENJAMIN WIESSNER on HARRYETTE MULLEN
I am going to start with an admission—I have a deep and varied past with the poetry of Harryette Mullen. Her masterpiece, Sleeping with the Dictionary, opened my eyes to…
2nd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 26 :: JASON GRABOWSKI on FRANK O'HARA
IT IS GOOD TO BE SEVERAL FLOORS UP IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT WONDERING WHETHER YOU ARE ANY GOOD OR NOT AND THE ONLY DECISION YOU CAN MAKE IS THAT…
COCO PROCESS COURSE :: MIRIAM SUZANNE's FUCK THE MUSE :: LESSON 7 :: (RE)THINKING on YOUR FEET
Sometimes you have a great idea for a project, or one aspect of a project, and you throw everything at it, but the idea turns out to be a dud.…
2nd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 24 :: ELIZABETH CLARK WESSEL on GRACE PALEY
There is a long time in me between knowing and telling. My favorite Grace Paley stories have one-word titles: Wants, Debts, Love, Friends, Mother. Each is just a few…
NYC Readings Roundup :: APRIL 23-28
Editor’s note: welcome to the 9th iteration of our new weekly series, the Readings Roundup…which you might notice is growing steadily! Sorry if I’m repeating myself to some of you…
2nd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 23 :: JULIET P. HOWARD on PAT PARKER
I first discovered the phenomenal poet Pat Parker (1944-1989) in my early 20’s and immediately fell in love with her poetry. I discovered her poetry around the same time that…
2nd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 20 :: MICHAEL BROEK ON CHOOSING and CREELEY
I’m thinking about all the magnificent souls I’ve been reading lately and just, also, enjoying the pleasure of sidling up next to at the humble mid-20th century bar in my…
2nd Annual NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 18 :: ELIZA SWANN ON BERNADETTE MAYER
Becoming Aware of Genuine Being-Duty: Thoughts On Bernadette Mayer When I think about Bernadette Mayer I think about flowers, I think about fucking, I think about a good joke. I…
2nd ANNUAL NAPOMO :: DAY 17 :: CAITS MEISSNER on YONA HARVEY
I have drunk in the words of Yona Harvey a’plenty and surfaced quenched. She is a blessing of a poet, a writer who’s words stick in the psyche for time.…