I recently came across a remarkable poem by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Philip Levine  thanks to a blog I sometimes read. As remarkable as the poem (below) is, I am even more grateful that it led me to an utterly delicious interview of Levine conducted by Mona Simpson in The Paris Review.  Few interviews of poets can be described as page-turners, but this one certainly is. What Work Is We stand in the rain in a long line waiting at Ford Highland Park. […]

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Columbia Magazine, The Guardian and various other media outlets published moving articles to commemorate poet John Berryman’s centennial,. For those who don’t know much about the poet, it is a great opportunity to get to know him. For those who do, it is perhaps a chance to learn something new, something more. “Columbia Magazine’s” piece includes several excerpts from the poet’s work, along with “He Resigns” below: He Resigns Age, and the deaths, and the ghosts. Her having gone away in spirit from […]

Categories: Ana Maria Caballero, ZiR