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"A little evanescent on the rim"
Moore, Roubaud, Schuyler, Edson, Willis
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Writing Problems: Things They Don't Teach you in MFA Programs
I am offering my popular class on Professional Development on August 27 at 6:30 PM (EST).
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"parts are wedges"
Chingono, Wright, Ryan, Keilson, Howe
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Writing Problems: Nightmares
My nights are a nightmare, quite often, but the nightmares are rich—rich in human behavior, rich in feelings, rich in sensations.
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"There is no duck"
James, Glück, Borges, Bly, Rukeyser
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"The imagined, returning"
Adonis, Eigner, Kelly, Tanikawa, Šalamun, Hughes
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"four white lines"
Jiménez, Mann, Valentine, Różewicz, Krynicki, Hall
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Craft: Charley Patton
Charley Patton (1891-1934) was a major blues poet and musician in the 1920s. He is briefly referenced in the movie Sinners: Sammie is gifted what is…
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"A dirty house in a gutted world"
Dickinson, Hongo, Stevens, Zurita, Willis
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"doors into the earth"
Niedecker, Digges, Harrison, Levis, Anonymous
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"the wild no quirk-thorobred notched"
H.D., Dickinson, Guest, Zukofsky, Leader, Blake
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Craft: Eleanor Lerman
Eleanor Lerman (b.
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