The state’s first ever poet laureate is a bilingual lowrider, professor of Chicano studies, and trained architect who plans to travel the state in a 1958 Chevrolet Impala during his three-year term.
Tag: poetry
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Eileen Myles Listens for the “Pulse Outside” Their Home
Myles’s poems walk and shift with all their pieces sloshing this way and that, and invite the reader for the ride.
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Rhythm, Divination, and Naming in Jay Wright’s Poetry
In Wright’s poems the name of the absolute is scrawled in a host of esoteric tongues.
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This Be the Verse 2019
John Yau and Albert Mobilio select a few of their favorite poetry books from the past year.
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The Restless Mind of Giorgio de Chirico
The symbolism that runs through much of de Chirico’s visual art is also apparent in his poetry.
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Giorgio de Chirico’s Dream-like Verse
These poems channel the artist’s restlessness and longings into uncanny, animated visions.
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The Last Time I Saw John Giorno, an Extraordinary Performance Poet
In the weeks after his death, I think of Giorno’s poetry — exuberantly queer, unabashedly pornographic, frequently hilarious, sometimes furious, and almost always as compassionate as it is sardonic.
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A Black Woman With Tenure
“We filter Black women’s voices. They’re like mines full of gold. And if your stories ain’t perfect? Then your stories ain’t told.”
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Trump Official Rephrases Statue of Liberty Poem to Defend Targeting of Legal Migrants
Ken Cuccinelli, the acting head of Citizenship and Immigration Services, added a caveat to “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses…”
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Lyn Hejinian Imagines Life on Mars
The poet challenges assumptions about how thinking is a form of language.
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David Kinloch’s Poetry Explores Scottish and Biblical Lore
Kinloch seeks out a Scots “Orpheus” figure who is a merchant, a troubadour, and a juggler.
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The Poetic Vinyl of Susan Howe and Nathaniel Mackey
Curated by Shannon Ebner, this LP combines recordings of poems as well as archival material from 1991 through 2018.