My motto is simple. It goes, ‘It is better to be even a bad poet than a good anything else.’
Brian Michael Barbeito’s When We Fell In Love
Lynne Pickett’s When We Fell In Love
By high school I was sitting in front of a full-length mirror, staring at myself (as all teenagers do) and would tell stories into that mirror for hours as I completely lost track of time.
Alizah Hashmi’s When We Fell in Love
Unlike non-fiction or journalistic writing, fiction challenges norms more implicitly. I have always found audiences to be more receptive to, and empathetic towards, fiction. I appreciate fiction that is raw and brave, that sensitizes people towards truths they otherwise refuse to confront.
Essay on the Ideal (Poetry) Reader – Editor’s Pick
If you think poetry is in the service of something I feel sorry for you.
Connor de Bruler’s Where I Write From – Editor’s Choice
I love the beginning of James Agee’s A Death in the Family. It was right around the time I had heard (from where I can’t remember) that good writing uses almost no adverbs or adjectives, and here this guy was describing his corner of Knoxville as “fairly solidly lower middle class.”
Reading Sontag Approaching Artaud
Everyone has at least a few good ideas in their lives. Even my cat, Boo Boo, has some good ideas.