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“I really think they should read my books.”

“How to break rules … Poetry is about surprise. Every time you write a line, you want to subvert it…” JERICHO BROWN KATE KELLAWAY. Jericho Brown: ‘Poetry is a veil in front of a heart beating at a fast pace’ The Guardian 28 July 2018 There is much goodness packed into this little interview. I’m […]

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Almost everything

To be queer (like being a poet) is to reinvent almost everything — Alex Dimitrov (@alexdimitrov) December 22, 2017 ALEX DIMITROV TOGETHER AND BY OURSELVES (Copper Canyon Press, 2017) KFB ‘Gems’ of 2017

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Delight

When books you ‘forgot’ you ordered start arriving [all at once] and you’re delighted. knife | fork | book

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Changed

“I let a man touch me until I bled/ Until my blood met his hunger/ And so was changed.” JERICHO BROWN The New Testament (Copper Canyon Press)