by Splabman | Nov 30, 2011 | Blog
Prose is prose because of what it includes; poetry is poetry because of what it leaves out. —Marvin Bell What is erasure poetry and why does Ron Silliman compare it to the play of burlesque or striptease? Come to Living Room to consider the possibilities. After...
by Splabman | Oct 2, 2011 | Blog
“To be frank, the inevitable panel discussion on the ‘poetry of place’ bores me: it takes place too literally. The place of poetry is nothing less than the place of love, for language; the place of shifting ground, for human song; the place of the made,...
by Splabman | Nov 1, 2010 | Events
Resisting the Intelligence (Alex Bleecker facilitates) Often likened to Billy Collins and criticized by academics as seeking to ‘dumb down’ poetry, acclaimed poet and critic Tony Hoagland has always been an advocate of making/keeping poetry accessible. Worried that...
