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Night is Simply A Shadow
Greta Wrolstad (1981-2005) was a poet and vital presence in the M.F.A. program at The University of Montana, where she held a teaching assistantship in English and served as poetry co-editor of CutBank. Greta was my student. She was not only tremendously talented but at-home in herself, in ways that are utterly elusive to me. [...]
The Poetry Across The Pond
London, England May 19, 2013 Dear Friend, I’m sitting in the garden of an old house here in Notting Hill, reading an anthology of young British poets called Dear World & Everyone in It: New Poetry in the UK. It’s amazing how similar and how different the poetry of the United States and The UK [...]
Posted in Free Verse, Poetry
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On Degrees of Gray in Philipsburg
As I sit here at my desk in Northwest Portland, in a lime-green apartment full of skylights, sandwiched between Tin House Magazine and Tin House Books, reading the dynamic and very brave poems my grad students at Portland State are writing—I find myself thinking, in the most basic terms, about what it means to be [...]
The Killing Fields
Brandon Shimoda is the author of four books of poetry, including Portuguese (Tin House Book/Octopus), O Bon (Litmus Press, 2011), The Girl Without Arms (Black Ocean, 2011), and The Alps (Flim Forum, 2008)—among other solo and collaborative works in print, on cassette, online and on vinyl. He is currently co-editing, with poet Thom Donovan, a retrospective collection of writings by Lebanese-American poet Etel [...]
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Portuguese by Brandon Shimoda
Brandon Shimoda is the author of four books of poetry, including Portuguese (Tin House Book/Octopus), O Bon (Litmus Press, 2011), The Girl Without Arms (Black Ocean, 2011), and The Alps (Flim Forum, 2008)—among other solo and collaborative works in print, on cassette, online and on vinyl. He is currently co-editing, with poet Thom Donovan, a retrospective collection of writings by Lebanese-American poet Etel Adnan [...]
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An Open Bar Round Up: The Poetic World
A selection of our favorite poetry related posts from 2012.
On The Ineptitude of Certain Hurricanes
From Issue 52, Cate Marvin
Posted in From The Vault, Poetry
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Half is Just Enough to Make Sure You Will Eat Another Someday
From Issue 41, Cat Richardson
Posted in From The Vault, Poetry
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Miracle Of The Black Leg
From Issue 47, Natasha Trethewey
Posted in From The Vault, Poetry
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What If You’d Gone Anyway?
From Issue 39, Tracy K. Smith
Posted in From The Vault, Poetry
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Pride and Prejudice: The Game
From Issue 26, Maura Stanton
Posted in From The Vault, Poetry
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Letters to a Shithead Friend
From Issue 38, Rebecca Lehman
Posted in From The Vault, Poetry
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The Universe Is a House Party
From Issue 39, Tracy K. Smith
Posted in From The Vault, Poetry
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Illustrated Guide to Familiar American Trees
From Issue 30, Charlie Smith
Posted in From The Vault, Poetry
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