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Why you should go to AWP [by Kate Gale]
October 26th, 2012 AWP I’m in Seattle for AWP 2014 planning. The next AWP is in Boston, March 6-9, 2013. I am always telling young poets that they should go to AWP. Here’s why. You meet lots of writers there... Continue reading
Posted Oct 26, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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Brendan Constantine, the many poets of Los Angeles
October 25th, 2012 Los Angeles will soon have its first city laureate. It’s a great honor for a city to have a poet laureate, and in the process of choosing someone, what we on the committee found out was that... Continue reading
Posted Oct 25, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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Falling Through Air by Kate Gale
Writing good poetry is like falling through air. Not water. Because water stops you. Water slows you down. Water makes you think about whether you really want to keep going down. Water is all free fall; water lets you go... Continue reading
Posted Oct 24, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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The poetry Olympics by Kate Gale
Writing poetry well should be like training yourself for the Olympics. The poetry Olympics. Even there are no gold medals, no silver or bronze, even though there are no endorsements, (I keep writing to Nike, “I run, I write poetry,... Continue reading
Posted Oct 23, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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Lance was doping: What do you do to get ahead in the poetry world? by Kate Gale
They talk about po-biz which means to run with the stars, attend AWP, rub hoodies with the clerks who sort the poetry at Paris Review. You could do all that. And still not get any attention. Or you could be... Continue reading
Posted Oct 22, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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