Month: December 2015
Close-reading the 2015 National Book Awards
Forecast: capricious poetry weather ahead. Last year I tackled the National Book Award’s poetry long list in time for a new year’s post and learned a lot from the exercise. This year I was completing the same task, reading with admirable industry and dedication,… Continue Reading “Close-reading the 2015 National Book Awards”
Distraction and vegetables
I have been misbehaving again. Instead of finishing a draft of my critical book this month–it’s close to done–I seem to have shelved it temporarily in favor of writing fiction, a genre I haven’t done much with since college. Ten thousand words last week… Continue Reading “Distraction and vegetables”
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