There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé by Morgan Parker
v good poems tho a v poor blog post
Tag: American poetry
Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
because white men can’t / police their imagination / black men are dying
Specimen Days by Walt Whitman
The life and memories of Walt Whitman, focusing on war and nature.
Fucked in the ass by saintly motorcyclists: Sex and Drugs in Beat Poetry
The Beats were not the first generation of poets to experiment with sex or drugs, but they appear the firstContinue Reading
Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson
A few months ago I read Anne Carson’s recent, (rightfully) acclaimed Red Doc>, a narrative collection of poems about G,Continue Reading
77 Dream Songs by John Berryman
I’m reading less because I’m busy, yeah, I have a life and whatever. Today I read 77 Dream Songs by JohnContinue Reading
Angle of Yaw by Ben Lerner
Ben Lerner’s recently published first novel, Leaving the Atocha Station, is a great read I’ve recommended to several people (ReviewContinue Reading
