A to Z

I’ve been having a hard time reading in 2021, but I did read Ali Smith’s The Accidental and Nicholson Baker’s The Anthologist last month, which has me wondering what it would be like to just read an alphabetical list of books over the course of a single year. That’s all.

The Absence of Poetry

If we could just—just stop. For one year. If everybody could stop publishing their poems. No more. Stop it. Just—everyone. Every poet. Just stop. But of course that’s totally unfair to the poets who are just starting out. This may be their “wunderjahr.” This may be the year that they really find their voice. And … Continue reading The Absence of Poetry