Primer is revelatory. The book opens up a dialogue on trust, joy, rejection, celebration, fear, and anger. But the book's essential power and beauty is its sense of emotional knowledg Read More
At this year’s AWP, I had the pleasure of reading in a four-hour, cross-genre literary marathon called Queertopia at Boston’s...
For our last Spotlight of National Poetry Month, we're thrilled to bring you three poems from Aaron Smith's forthcoming Appetite. Smith is the author of Blue on Blue Ground, winner of the 2004 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize and a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award. His chapbooks include What's Required, winner of the 2003 Frank O'Hara Chapbook Award, and Men in Groups. Read More
Established by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month is a celebration of poetry observed every April. While there's no reason not to celebrate poetry every day, here are a few places to get started this month if you need a little inspiration... Read More
My 10 Favorite Moments of AWP This was the first time in the last couple years that I wasn’t working...
