Comments versus Conversation, Written vs. Spoken

“Poets often write prose simply for the love of writing”, says Robert Peake when talking about the prose versus poetry versus other communication in writing things, such as blogs and letters: a letter from John Keats would contain, according to Motion, “freely associating inquiry and incomparable verve and dash–a headlong charge in which jokes, anecdotes, […]

On the Next Stage…

the re-lit short list (including Lisa Robertson’s Magenta Soul Whip, (Coach House), The Others Raisd in Me, Gregory Betts (Pedlar) and Buying Cigarettes for the Dog, Stuart Ross (Freehand).) an excerpt from Metonymies: Poems by Objects Owned by Illustrious People, a new chapbook from Stephen Brockwell for the reading this Friday (Sept 3) with Gwen […]

On Style/Voice

Brooke Shaden, photographer on a post, Are you in Style? it is easy for artists to believe that they have a style when in fact they are simply producing the same photos over and over again. I see it happen, I’m sure you do too, where someone receives praise for a certain type of photo […]