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2018 Vassar Miller Poetry Award Winner
I found out late last month that Ava Leavell Haymon, the 2013-15 Poet Laureate of Louisiana, selected my submission, “Hound and Other Poems,” as this year’s winner of the Vassar Miller Poetry Award. Needless to say, I was thrilled. This is … Continue reading
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The Final Analysis: Pell-Mell
Recently I attended a lecture on translating poetry. The lecturer, Anatoly Liberman, reminded me of one of language’s charms: the mystery of meaning. Not-knowing. Empowering the reader to decide for themselves. I feel I may have lost some of this … Continue reading
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