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The Power of Audiobooks
As a writer of poetry and creative nonfiction, and a reader of all genres, I am often juggling several books at once. Currently haunting my bedside table or getting stuffed into my tote bags to accompany me during spare moments in doctors’ offices and on public transportation are Hoa Nguyen’s collection of poems A Thousand Times…
Profiles in Craft: Derek JG Williams
For you, what defines good writing? I want to experience bewilderment, or wonder. And by that, I don’t mean confusion or some kind of lack of understanding. I think good writing makes us consider the strangeness inherent to the various lives we live. What craft advice is most useful to you in your writing? I…
On Questioning Reality
Many great poems are born out of questions. After all, poetry has been interrogating reality since the dawn of language. What does it mean to be human? To be on this Earth? To quote Mary Oliver, “what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” Good poets know how to…