Emily Post-Avant on Kent Johnson’s Best American Poetry poem at the Best American Poetry, 9/4/2017
Dear Emily Post-Avant, So, Kent Johnson is now whining about never getting a poem into the New American Poetry, or worse, getting a poem of…
Emily Post-Avant, 12 August 2019 [On the Bob Hicok vs. Timothy Yu Thing]
Dear Emily Post-Avant, So you obviously have to say something about the Bob Hicok vs. Timothy Yu thing! Hicok:…
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The Reluctant Assassin: Reviews and Reflections — The Barista
Not long ago, I read a report, one of those meant to invoke alarm and despair, about the decline of the liberal arts in American…
Keeping Score (for Tom Clark)
A tribute read at the memorial for Tom Clark at Bird & Beckett Books, 1 July 2019. Keeping Score (For Tom)
Ms. Emily Post-Avant, 1 July 2019 [on the Garrulous Therapists of the Paris Review “Poetry RX” Mental Health Office]
Dear Emily Post-Avant, I’m sure you’ve seen the Paris Review “Poetry RX” column, where various poets take turns playing counselors for people…