Knox Writers’ House Contributor’s Pick of the Week 6/25/2012 Her and I Had Been in the Vinegar by Abraham Smith in Tuscaloosa, AL Chosen by Jamie Iredell in Atlanta, GA who says: Abe Smith makes animals. He conjures up mud and bakes it into strange and living fur. Bruce Covey once described an Abraham Smith reading as […]
June 18, 2012
Knox Writers’ House Contributor’s Pick of the Week 6/18/2012 God’s Grandeur by Gerard Manley Hopkins as read by Kwame Dawes, Lincoln, NE Chosen by Diane Seuss in Kalamazoo, MI who says: My Knox Writers House Pick of the Week is Kwame Dawes’ reading of Gerard Manley Hopkins’ sonnet, “God’s Grandeur.” I originally encountered this poem […]
June 11, 2012
Knox Writers’ House Contributor’s Pick of the Week 6/11/2012 The Book of the Dead Man (Memory) by Marvin Bell in Iowa City, IA Chosen by Sam Martone in Galesburg, IL who says: I love lists and inventories and collections of things, so it’s no surprise I’m a fan of Marvin Bell’s Dead Man poems, which are relentless accumulations […]
June 4, 2012
Knox Writers’ House Contributor’s Pick of the Week 6/4/2012 The Temple of Dendur by William Reichard in Twin Cities, MN Chosen by Joyce Sutphen in Twin Cities, MN who says: It was hard to settle on just one poem as the “Pick of the Week.” I spent a long time listening to poems by poets in various geographical locations and […]
June 25, 2012
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