Interview on BAP with Copper Canyon Press-- and a poem by Natalie Diaz
Interview with Copper Canyon Press on the Best American Poetry Blog.
Copper Canyon recently published WHEN MY BROTHER WAS AN AZTEC by Natalie Diaz--an amazing book! If you click on the image above, you can read one of the poems.
This Incongruous Corner
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“… each of us, unaware, is painting this world …” This is from ‘The Pen in
the First Person: For the Drawings of Saul Steinberg’ found in The Uses of
Liter...
A writer is a person who cares what words mean
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A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say
it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they
u...
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I spent most of yesterday alone, at least physically. Tom was at work, and
I was in the house; and though I went for walks and smiled at people, and
thou...
The Easy Life on Cruise Control
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Life is so damn easy for me. I don’t have to plan for the future because
Evangelical preachers say Armageddon is coming. Until then, conservative
politici...
A Lighthouse for Dark Times
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This is the elemental speaking: It is during phase transition — when the
temperature and pressure of a system go beyond what the system can
withstand and m...
Stay away from the pool
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My mother & I were visiting a friend of hers who was living in an apartment
complex that I regarded at the time as positively palatial, what for the
commun...
In Memory of Ed Ochester, Poet & Editor, RIP
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We have asked Ed Ochester (above) to edit our Sunday poetry pages for the
next few months. Here is one of Ed's poems: March of the Penguins The
editor of N...
“In spite of all the learned have said ...”
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Philip Freneau
Philip Freneau (1752-1852) was a journalist and poet in the early years our
country was forming. And, oh, by the way, I once wrote an under...
Jason Tandon
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Born in Hartford, CT in 1975, Jason Tandon is the author of four books of
poetry, including *The Actual World*, *Quality of Life*, and *Give Over the
Hec...
Balance is important in design
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ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis Theme natoque penatibus et
magnis dis ...
Feeding therapy FINALLY!!
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There is so much to catch up on and yet so little. I have noticed that the
last year has felt like an inward journey and so telling a story hasn’t
fe...
One year gone ...
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*Meeting Mark Mothersbaugh*
Today marks one year as editor of *Fresh Water *for me. Man-o-man, what a
ride it has been. Despite the intensity of the job, o...
I'm still here
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Just posting here to let anyone know (whoever is still dropping by from
time to time) that I still haven't disappeared, I've just been spending
time away f...
2015 Mini Gift Guide
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A mini last-minute gift guide...it's been quite some time since I've
posted. But I love the holidays so much and sharing gifts that I think
would be great ...
In a Landscape - The Playlist
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John Cage, “In a Landscape”
Bob Dylan, “My Back Pages”
Neil Young, “Ambulance Blues”
The Twilight Zone Theme
Babylon 5 Theme
Simon & Garfunkel, “Richard Co...
1 comment:
"When my Brother was an Aztec" is a great collection. Natalie Diaz is a fierce poet.
So much wonderful work published at Copper Canyon Press. I liked looking at the links in the BAP post.
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