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Revisiting Jack Gilbert… by Brian Fanelli

Posted in January 29, 2013
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Bedside Table Series: #3by PQ Contributing Editor Brian Fanelli During my M.F.A. course work at Wilkes University, I plowed through dozens of poetry collections and essays. One of the books on the list was The Great Fires, poems by Jack …

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Top of the stack… by Shauna Osborn

Posted in January 19, 2013
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Bedside Table Series: #2by PQ Contributing Editor Shauna Osborn Full discloser—I do not own a nightstand. What I have instead is a rather large stack of books that live on the floor next to my bed. They stay there until …

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Essay: A Public Poesy

Posted in January 3, 2013
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Denice Rovira Hazlett A Public Poesy Essay by Denice Rovira Hazlett *Poesy: [poh-uh-see, -zee] noun, plural po•e•sies. The work or the art of poetic composition. Sometimes you plan a poetry event, but can’t ensure even a modest modicum of success. …

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Essay: The Poetry of Comics

Posted in January 3, 2013
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The Poetry of ComicsEssay by Dale Mettam In an attempt to expose (and by expose, I obviously mean force) some culture on my kids, I sat them down in front of a recent PBS broadcast of Wagner’s “Ring Cycle”…the whole …

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Books on the nightstand… by Ann E. Michael

Posted in January 3, 2013
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Bedside Table Series: #1 by PQ Contributing Editor Ann E. Michael Wow, where does one begin? Or more accurately, where does it all end? The books on the nightstand—which, in my case, is a blanket chest—represent a kind of temporary …

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Essay: The Instructional Dose—One Lump or Two?

Posted in January 3, 2013
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The Instructional Dose—One Lump or Two?Essay by Leslie L. Nielsen We all are taught; some of us are also teachers. Part of instruction is assertion and part of it is redirection. In a creative writing classroom, right and wrong become …

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