"Often, I think about my ancestors, and I try to imagine what it was like for them growing up at the end of the Mexican Revolution. I asked my father to tell me this story over a hundred times, and because of this, I found it important to return to my initial need for repetition. I wanted to bring back the wonder and awe I had as a child."
Monica Rico on "The Noiseless Flight of Owl Wings" |
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"Must-Read Poetry: September 2020"
Nick Ripatrazone highlights nine notable collections published this month. They range from "one of the best debuts of the year" from Joy Priest to new work from Ted Kooser, of whom Ripatrazone writes, "Few poets can continue to reveal the world book after book like Kooser."
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What Sparks Poetry:
Vivek Narayanan on “Ode to Cement”
"Most of all, however, Curt was interested in cement, its powerful malleability. Cement could allow you to fashion new things never before seen on the landscape, or it could just as well slink back to imitate the forms that were already there. I, on the other hand, was not a ready fan of this material. I couldn’t deny that it disgusted me, had always disgusted me, but now especially, when the hum of construction was all-present in Indian cities as to never stop. Cement was simply a mainstay in the air we breathed." |
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