I understand that you can now access the Internet and get cell service within the Lincoln Tunnel. But back in the '80s, being inside it felt otherworldly—loud, dark, no distractions—a kind of collective isolation that seemed to build toward something frightening and unsustainable. I don't know of any experience like it today, but perhaps, more generally, many of us live with that sense of dislocation all the time.
Benjamin S. Grossberg on "At Fifty" |
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2023 National Book Award Longlist Announced
"The National Book Foundation announced the Longlist for the 2023 National Book Award for Poetry. The Finalists in all five categories will be revealed on Tuesday, October 3. The 2023 Poetry Longlist includes poets in all stages of their publishing careers... Publishers submitted a total of 295 books for the 2023 National Book Award for Poetry. The judges for Poetry are Rick Barot, Heid E. Erdrich (Chair), Jonathan Farmer, Raina J. León, and Solmaz Sharif."
via NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION |
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What Sparks Poetry:
Niki Herd on Language as Form
"My poems usually take several months, if not years, to write themselves but 'Lyric Sung in Third Person' will only take a few short months. I often think cinematically and the poem's draft is asking me to deviate from the conversational tone of my previous work. It's asking for a reflective and lyrical treatment. Here, I imagine a canvas filled with lineated images and caesuras in my attempt to engage the visual and kinetic energy of the page." |
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