The Wave Books Poetry Bus is coming to your town. But are you welcome?
Update: a few “poetesses” (I’m using this ironically, k?) have now been added to the Portland stop. Maybe Matt Zapruder doesn’t hate women after all! (Or, more likely, he saw my complaint, and asked tokens.)
David Lehman, who edits the bestselling (for poetry) Best American Poetry Series, has often been criticized for his “editing” of the series, which is top-heavy with his friends and students. As revealed yesterday by the brilliant Jimmy, Lehman’s wife, Stacey Harwood was included as one of the Best American poets in 2005. Funnier […]