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Content and Form – Check this Interview with Ryan Ridge
I’ve been thinking more about content and form in my own writing, so I enjoyed seeing this interview over at Monkeybicycle with Ryan Ridge, the author of the book box I reviewed last summer, Hey, it’s America. Interview here: http://monkeybicycle.net/52-weeks-52-interviews-week-12-ryan-ridge/ … Continue reading
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Tagged hey it's America, monkeybicycle, Rust Belt Bindery, Ryan Ridge
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Author Spotlight: Jennifer Buxton
From “Rare T” by Jennifer Buxton in Puerto del Sol, Vol. 48, No. 1: I came across Harvey Galvin by chance one afternoon in Greenwich Village years ago. I knew him as the man who had, eighteen months earlier, swiped … Continue reading
Where Are We?… A discussion on “place” with Rus Bradburd
This fall, the New Mexico State University MFA program offers a form and technique class devoted solely to “writing from place” taught by fiction professor Rus Bradburd. What constitutes writing done “from place?” How does one approach doing so? Does … Continue reading
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Guest Editor Spotlight: Karl Hardy
From the Introduction to Utopias!, “Unsettling Hope and Re-Articulating Utopia,” in Puerto del Sol, Vol. 47, No.2: Translated as “the good/no place” or “the good place that is no place,” the very concept of utopia evoked ambiguity from the start. … Continue reading
Author Spotlight: Katy Gunn
From “Cabin of Favorites” by Katy Gunn in Puerto del Sol, Vol. 47, No. 2: My sonny makes creatures from the skins and shells he finds. Come into our cabin and see his recent work. See this creature dancing under … Continue reading
Author Spotlight: Interview with Alyse Knorr
Three of Alyse Knorr’s poems appear in Puerto del Sol Issue 47.1. They are also available online as part of a preview for this issue, which can be found here. Thank you for agreeing to this online interview. When did your … Continue reading
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An interview with Peter Trachtenberg- while there’s still time…
An excerpt from the end of Peter Trachtenberg’s essay “The Finish of All Things: Writing About the End of the World,” appearing in the upcoming Puerto del Sol 47.2: It’s understandable why the apocalypse is so appealing to many American Christians. … Continue reading
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Tagged apocalypse, end of the world, Peter Trachtenberg, suffering
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Interview with Jennifer Grotz
Jennifer Grotz’s most recent book of poems, The Needle, explores both Polish and American twentieth-century poetry and its traditions. According to a Washington Postreview (4/20/11), “Where many writers look inward and mine their private landscapes, Grotz sees the objects and scenes around … Continue reading
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Interview: Shane McCrae
Shane McCrae is an American poet. He is the author of the poetry collection Mule (Cleveland State University Poetry Center 2011)and the recipient of a 2011 Whiting Writers’ Award. In 2012, McCrae’s collection Mule was selected as a finalist for … Continue reading
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Tagged In Canaan, Mule, Shane McCrae, Will Smith
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Interview: E. Ethelbert Miller
E. Ethelbert Miller is a literary activist. He is the board chairperson of the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS). He is a board member of The Writer’s Center and editor of Poet Lore magazine. Since 1974, he has been the … Continue reading
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Tagged Canto Mundo, Cave Canem, E. Ethelbert Miller, Of Note, Patrick Clark, poetry
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