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Q&A With Mary Jo Bang
Writing poetry allows me to invent games I can play anywhere and anytime. And that prevents boredom—a state I find corrosive. Of course I have to invent ever more difficult games, since I already know the solutions to the ones I just played. Continue reading »
South Park Meets Dante: Mary Jo Bang’s Infernal Riff
by Kat Laskowski
Bang described herself as the type of person who has to learn things “the hard way, through experience.” It was no surprise, then, her urge to jump in to this mess of variation and get her hands dirty. She started with the first tercet; then one thing led to another. Continue reading »
Spencer Reece and Dar Williams: A Video Interview (Part 2)
Part 2 of Bloom’s exclusive video interview with Spencer Reece and Dar Williams. Learn more about the Our Little Roses poetry and documentary project; and donate before the the end of the year! Continue reading »
Spencer Reece and Dar Williams: A Video Interview
Bloom sat down with Spencer and Dar—who first met thirty years ago at Wesleyan College—to talk about their friendship; the relationship between art, spirituality, and social engagement; blooming in their 40s; and the Our Little Roses project. Continue reading »
My Dream: Spencer Reece, Giving Voice to the Silent
by Padre Spencer Reece
The dream—of having the girls write the poems of their stories for the world to hear—persisted. I believed a book of their poems accompanied by their drawings would help the world not forget about Honduras. Continue reading »
Essays / Experience Required / Features / Fiction / Poetry
Experience Required: Turning Loose
by Susan Starr Richards
All the work you do as a writer is useful, and sometimes the work that’s not published is the most useful. Continue reading »
