The poem "Mercies in the American Desart" is a keystone to the larger collection (Mercies in the American Desert) in that it concerns those private moments of grace that sustain us through the ferocious social and ecological deserts of our own collective making.
Benjamin Landry on "Mercies in the American Desart" |
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If You’re a Poet, Be a Poet
At Stonecoast MFA, you will find inspiration, support, and fellowship. (Isn’t that poetry?)
Stonecoast MFA is a two-year low-residency creative writing program based in Maine. We are committed to advancing social justice and to nurturing the writer’s vision.
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Never Refuse a Poem: An Interview with Ellen Bass
"Usually I’m so involved with the making of the poem, trying to describe, trying to be open to what I might discover, that I’m not thinking about what people might find out about me down the line. And I try not to give into the fear of revealing myself to myself."
via TERRAIN |
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What Sparks Poetry:
Vivek Narayanan on Jee Leong Koh's Snow at 5 PM
"Koh's work in some moments can seem disarmingly simple, even if always rigorous in its language, lighting on the ordinary, but as you delve further it reveals a rich intelligence, omnivorous and cosmopolitan in its influences, balancing its interests in high and low, the cerebral and the bodily, the experimental and the straight, narrative and ellipsis." |
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Poetry Daily stands with the Black community.
We oppose racism, oppression, and police brutality.
We will continue to amplify diverse voices in the poetry world. Black Lives Matter. |
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