Aflame, it itself made “redeemed from fire by fire” —T.S. Eliot
Chicago Lit Scene: Matter
Review by Lina ramona Vitkauskas, Chicago Correspondent What’s The Matter Here? Why do you come to poetry readings? Why are you here tonight? Are you hoping poetry will save you from the self-help gurus? Are you eyeballing the exits? Are…
G.C. Waldrep: “Poetry as Non-Diegetic Speech”
This paper was originally presented at AWP 2014 as part of Karla Kelsey’s “Poetry as Sound’s Potential” panel. I want to speak this morning about the soundscape occupied or invoked by the poem, as reading praxis, and the level of…
Poetry: Colby Gillette
WITHOUT REPAIR
Poetry: Robert Andrew Perez
enantiodromia
First Verse: David Koehn and Jazzy Danziger
First Verse is a series of conversations between David Koehn and another poet who has recently had a first book accepted or won a first book prize. These conversations navigate the process and experience of conceiving, developing, and bringing a…