I promised a full recap of the Big Day of the Poets Forum in New York, and yet here we are, two weeks later, and no recap.  I blame the sinus infection and bronchitis.  Antibiotics are my friend, though, and I’m almost feeling human again.
Of course, now a lot of that day is reduced to [...]

Kim Addonizio recently wrote a How To Succeed In Po-Biz letter, which was posted on Poetry Daily last week.  I found it very amusing, if cynical, because of course it hit home.  Po-biz is a hard, hard road.  Why would anyone choose to be a poet?  Seriously.  What am I thinking?  It would be so [...]

Last night I took the train into the city to attend the Poets Forum reading put on by the Academy of American Poets.  It was the kickoff event for their big poetry weekend in NYC (most of which I’ll be attending and will report on here.)  They had all the current Chancellors reading, except Rita [...]