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  • Long List of 10 for the 2021 Paraclete Poetry Prize
    June 30, 2021

    Long List of 10 for the 2021 Paraclete Poetry Prize

    Judges Laura Reece Hogan and Jon M. Sweeney have announced the “Long List of 10” finalists for the 2021 Paraclete Poetry Prize:              Aaron Brown            Lauren K. Carlson            Brent House            Lisa Loden            Megan McDermott            Nick Maione            Amy Nemecek            Angela Alaimo O’Donnell            Jeannine M. Pitas            Kathleen Henderson Staudt    “We had...

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  • April 2, 2019

    We need poems.

    There are a few pleasures left in book publishing. One is also a privilege: to occasionally be allowed to bring out books that the marketing people aren’t quite sure they’ll be able to sell well. Then, a publisher feels that … Continue reading →
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  • The Heart-Work of Poems
    April 18, 2016

    The Heart-Work of Poems

    by Mark S. Burrows In her marvelous recent collection of essays on poetry, Jane Hirshfield suggests that “the desire of monks and mystics is not unlike that of artists: to perceive the extraordinary in the ordinary by changing not the … Continue reading →
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