The Writer’s Chronicle, and
The Rumpus, where she is a senior poetry editor. She teaches at the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.
INTRODUCTION
Being a poet has taught me the value of practice and patience. I have learned that my next poem will reveal itself to me if I simply follow language by engaging with it through my (mostly) daily reading and writing practice and if I wait for that small, persistent thing a scrap of language, an image, a question that won’t leave me alone that opens a door in my mind. I’ve also learned that for me, at least poetry is slow. I often work on poems for several years before they’re finished. This morning, I think I finally found the right form for a poem I’ve been working on for four years. Last month, I finished a poem I started working on in 2010. My poems spend a long time resting, waiting for me to come back around and try again to get it right. I’m not a particularly patient person in other
The Prime Mover
dog-chain algorithms, the party mushrooms stolen
and the summit of his knowledge
cryodesiccation, flush toilets in space
my son trips over his ninja costume.
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teenagers loitering in radiation shelters
contemplate the long-term repercussions
he’s just here, twizzling flaps of elbow.
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but what if he names his penis
Astrophel?
in the stomach of an alligator” he may reveal
at any time, from any pile of leaves.
Flat-Earth Antipodes with Ice Cream with a nod to Donald Hall
My aluminum-free
The Ghost Well Cared-For: Hoa Nguyen’s A Thousand Times You Lose Your Treasure
What is a divinatory poetics? Can texts be haunted? This week, Toronto-based poet Hoa Nguyen dives into the narratives that prompted and sit within her new book of poetry,
A Thousand Times You Lose Your Treasure.
Host Lauren Korn chats with Hoa about the aftermath of the Atlanta shootings, the motorcycle troupe Hoa’s mother was a part of in the 1950s and ’60s, the many ways a text can haunt, and more!
The Lewes Public Library and Browseabout Books will welcome authors Patry Francis and Nan Rossiter for a live, online discussion of their latest books âAll the Children Are Homeâ and âPromises to Keepâ on April 27 at 5 p.m.
Author Patry Francis will discuss her novel All the Children Are Home in a Zoom discussion on April 27.Coastal Point ⢠Submitted
Patry Francisâs âAll the Children Are Homeâ is described as âan enthralling tale of triumph and heartbreak, following the Moscatelli family and their long-term foster children through nearly a decade. Set in a small town in Massachusetts, the familyâs life is changed irrevocably when a six-year-old indigenous girl, Agnes, comes to live with them. As the years pass and outside forces threaten to tear them apart, the children, now young adults, must find the courage and resilience to save themselves and each other.â
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The Nassar Poetry Prize is awarded to one upstate New York poet for their published collection of works.
The winner of this year’s Eugene Paul Nassar Poetry Prize at Utica College is Shira Dentz, with her book, “Sisyphusina.”
Sisyphusina is a collection of poetry, visual art and improvisatory music that focuses on the concept of female aging. The book crosses many genres in its attempt to create new language to share the process of a changing identity. The book also touches on conventional beauty and embracing a new aesthetic.
An upstate New York poet and educator, Dentz has written five books, two chapbooks, and had her work featured on multiple platforms including