Got Gulf Oil?
Like to eat Louisiana seafood? Swim with the Florida fishies? Enjoy a little oil in your cereal? No? Please answer the call for work at Poets for Living Waters today! Poets for Living Waters is a poetry action in response to the Gulf Oil Disaster of April 20, 2010, one of the most profound man-made ecological catastrophes in history. Former … Read more
10 Questions on Poets & Technology: Amy King
Amy wrote: “If every poet were to record just one book of poems that they loved for the rest of us to listen to, and not just their own poems, how excellent would that be?” I’m picking up positive reactions to this idea in different online venues today. One representative observation: Now that wouldn’t be … Read more
Currency
New poems in June’s Poets and Artists — Pages 73 – 77 are killer. ~ Erika Moya reviews Slaves to Do These Things at Galatea. ~ SPD love. ~
More Brouhaha – Parts 1 through 3
“But What About the Nipples?” A Nice Conversation (Pt. 1) From Roxane Gay: Blake Butler, Kate Zambreno, Amy King and I recently had an interesting and lengthy conversation about gender, publishing and so much more, prompted by lots of things including the recent, and largely excellent discussion in Blake’s “Language Over Body” post about the … Read more
Southdown Market vs. Wild By Nature
January 6, 2011 Ever since moving to Huntington, NY last March, my partner and I tend to shop between two local stores, Southdown Market and Wild By Nature. However, after tonight’s incident, I realize in retrospect that we end up at Southdown much more frequently than the other. Why? For starters, let me describe tonight’s … Read more
