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2020

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Greg McVerry
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Monument: Poems New and Selected

As momuments of white supremacy get torn down while Trump shouts their virture I thought it a good time to return to Natatsha Trethewey's collection :Monument" Natasha Trethewey paints the past in brutal truths. Her collection of new and curated poems in Tretheway's skills as a historian of humanity. As she notes "Why is everything I see the past / I’ve trie

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Typewriter Rodeo

I could not put this collection down, still can't. In fact I turn to typewriter rodeo when ever I need a good dose of inspiration to slap me upside the head. "Typewriter rodeo" tells the tale of four friends who write free improv poetry for people on typewriters. The grup heads out to events and conferences, asks for an idea and then the keys start chomping

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Fooling with Words

Few books make my, "Do not give away list." The highest rating I can give. Moyer's "Fooling with Words", make the cut as a poets guide to writing and living. The book which involves a series of interviews with 11 poets at the Dodge Poetry festival would make a great gift or even a textbook in an Intro to Poetry class. Each chapter, one for each poet overflow

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Sentinel

When Hunter passed I ordered his collection Sentinel. Probably haven't seen it in twenty years and never really read the work. Sure Hunter published all his books and poems online, from his own website, before people knew what online meant but I like to read poetry on the shitter. Right off the top you realize how different and same Hunter's poetry taste whe

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