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The Pursuit of the Perfect (by Rebecca Lindenberg)

On Thursday night, Timothy O’Keefe (author of The Goodbye Town, winner of the 2010 FIELD Poetry Prize) and his girlfriend, novelist Xhenet Aliu, got into town. They brought with them Luella, their part-border-collie-part-dobermann puppy, shiny as a shoe, who spent... Continue reading

Posted Mar 24, 2012 at The Best American Poetry

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Food/Writing [by Rebecca Lindenberg]

I love reading about food. Cookbooks, blogs, essays, you name it. And since everybody eats and therefore thinks about food, you can find writing about food from novelists and poets, housewives and scientists, the affluent and the grossly underpaid. Young... Continue reading

Posted Mar 22, 2012 at The Best American Poetry

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Funeral Potatoes (by Rebecca Lindenberg)

This past Christmas, my parents came out here to Utah for the holidays, and the four of us (myself, Joseph, and my mom and dad) went out to Bountiful, Utah for a dinner with Joseph’s folks at his grandmother’s house.... Continue reading

Posted Mar 20, 2012 at The Best American Poetry

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Further Adventures in the Jell-O Belt [by Rebecca Lindenberg]

In the beginning of the film Napoleon Dynamite, the credits come up as a collage of weird culinary Americana – ketchup and tater tots, mustard and corn dogs, peanut butter-and-jelly sandwiches, cheeseburgers and mayonnaise, nachos studded with black olives. Plate... Continue reading

Posted Mar 19, 2012 at The Best American Poetry

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Welcome to the Jell-O Belt...(by Rebecca Lindenberg)

It’s an absolute delight to be guest-blogging again here at Best American Poetry. I’ve just returned from a marvelous residency and a series of readings from the new book, and since I’ve been traveling I have found myself talking quite... Continue reading

Posted Mar 18, 2012 at The Best American Poetry

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TTFN - Rebecca Lindenberg

Many thanks again to Stacey Harwood and the Best American Poetry Blog for having me as a guest this past week. It’s been really exciting and wonderful for me to have this occasion to muse about poetry and related subjects,... Continue reading

Posted Apr 3, 2011 at The Best American Poetry

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Thanks for always commenting, Jessie. (I know at least you and my mom are reading this!) :-) And thanks again for helping to make this opportunity for me. You are *wonderfulness*.

Commented Apr 2, 2011 on Japan - Rebecca Lindenberg at The Best American Poetry

Japan - Rebecca Lindenberg

Japan As I hope we all know by know, a couple of weeks ago an earthquake of Richter scale magnitude 8.9 shattered Japan and bumped the sudden black flood of a tsunami out of the ocean’s depths, sent it pouring... Continue reading

Posted Apr 1, 2011 at The Best American Poetry

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She would indeed, I am a great admirer of Danielle's work! Thanks for mentioning her here!

Commented Apr 1, 2011 on Something Understood - Rebecca Lindenberg at The Best American Poetry

Maledizione is a pun. Male means "bad" and "edizione" means "editions" or "issues", so the name of the press translates as "bad editions". But the word Maledizione itself means curse or hex, an act of utterance designed to bring about a magical result, like a dark spell. I thought it was a pretty clever name for a publisher!

Commented Apr 1, 2011 on Difficult Things - Rebecca Lindenberg at The Best American Poetry

Something Understood - Rebecca Lindenberg

For today, some poems by just a tiny few of the contemporary lady poets whose work I really enjoy and by whom I feel both influenced and bettered. Interview by Kathryn Cowles, from Eleanor, Eleanor, Not Your Real Name Interviewer:... Continue reading

Posted Mar 31, 2011 at The Best American Poetry

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Difficult Things - Rebecca Lindenberg

Languages are difficult. When we first moved to Rome I couldn’t speak a word of Italian, but I took classes and learned to talk for both of us. Once weekend we were wandering around this art installation at a villa... Continue reading

Posted Mar 29, 2011 at The Best American Poetry

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Oh, thanks so much, Jim, for the exceedingly nice comment. I'm happy you found things to like!

Commented Mar 29, 2011 on America's Next Top Poet - Rebecca Lindenberg at The Best American Poetry

America's Next Top Poet - Rebecca Lindenberg

America’s Next Top Poet So, I’ve been watching America’s Next Top Poet. If you haven’t seen it yet, there are things I don’t want to spoil for you, so I’ll just give you the basic premise. You can catch up... Continue reading

Posted Mar 28, 2011 at The Best American Poetry

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Bex, not hex. Stoopid spellcheck.

Commented Mar 28, 2011 on Poetry Matters - Rebecca Lindenberg at The Best American Poetry

I sort of think any of us are only as smart as the people we can convince to talk and argue with us. So, in this case, that would be you. Also, I totally could have 8 Miled that shite and I didn't. :). Baby cat says hi. Throw that slimy blue thing fr spoo and tell him his auntie hex loves him.

Commented Mar 28, 2011 on Poetry Matters - Rebecca Lindenberg at The Best American Poetry

Jessie, You are so *totally* the person, and you deserve fullest credit because I can't stop thinking about our talk - I just didn't want to presume to represent you! I didn't want to get you wrong, which is also why I didn't try to put your words and arguments in - but do it here, in the comments! Do it! I'm not trying to be the only voice here, I'm just not sure I can represent anybody else's but my own. And say hi to Arthur. He's a charmer, math and all. I love you. Thanks for being such a good hostess and such a good friend. xo, Bex

Commented Mar 28, 2011 on Poetry Matters - Rebecca Lindenberg at The Best American Poetry

Poetry Matters - Rebecca Lindenberg

Poetry Matters Thank you, Best American Poetry and Stacey Harwood, for inviting me to blog and muse here for the week. I’m really excited, and since this first post turned out rather long I want to promise that my intention... Continue reading

Posted Mar 27, 2011 at The Best American Poetry

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Mar 25, 2011