Reginald Shepherd, a name I was unfamiliar with until yesterday, has written one of the most captivating first two sentences in any piece of prose I’ve read in a long time. In […]
Carl Dennis, poet
If you’re unfamiliar with Carl Dennis’ poetry, a good introduction is his New and Selected Poems 1974-2004. The strength of his poetry is its accessibility. His lines don’t create mazes readers must […]
Two amazing lines from a Nelson poem
Poetry is a powerful weapon against the ignorance that clouds our world, even on the sunniest days. Yesterday, I read Marilyn Nelson’s poem, Sequence, for the first time. It contains two lines that […]
