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Don't let the word ESSAY intimidate ya- looking for thoughtful prose on any facet of poetry. The Poem. The Poet. The status and vitality of poetry in our modern culture. Critical reviews of working authors. Discussion is as important as production. Will consider any topic at any length.

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Jason Floyd Williams

This ain't Neil Diamond's, it's Charles Bukowski's Solitary Man.

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Casandra Coin

What Poems Do

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David Bates

Emotional Vaudeville & Intellectual Terrorism: Notes on a Next Poetics

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Linda Wandt

The Function of the Poetic Artist

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Jason Floyd Williams

Slam Poetry as The Blob; Academic Poetry as Handsome Zombies; and Steve McQueen- Congressman to the Next Poetry Movement.

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David Bates

Smashing the Mirror for Luck: The Poem is Not The Muse

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Justin Barrett

Poetry Isn't Cool

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Michael Estabrook

Comparing Whitman and Dickinson on the length of their lines and its apparent relationship to the kinds of ideas each poet develops.