A Parlor Game, The Best American Poetry Blog
On favorite-poem lists.
Poetry-Famous, The Best American Poetry Blog
On poetry celebrity.
Poetry Is, The Best American Poetry Blog
On current popular ideas about poetry and poets.
Verse Translation, Parts I and II, The Best American Poetry Blog
Nineteen leading translators discuss contemporary verse translation.
James Dickey, Poetry
A remembrance.
Make Make It New New, Poetry
Short essay written for the centenary of Ezra Pound's "A Few Don'ts by an Imagiste."
I Thought You Were a Poet, Poetry
Notebook essay on poetry and madness, winner of Poetry's 2011 Editor's Prize for best feature article.
The Grand Hotel, Poetry
Review of new poetry collections.
Manifesto, Poetry
Written for Poetry Foundation/MoMA event commemorating the centenary of "The Futurist Manifesto" in 2009.