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Spring-Summer 2010
BOB HICOK
is a One Man Band
DAVID SOFIELD
Feasts with the Gods
NEW POEMS
Linda Gregg, Paisley Rekdal, Sierra Nelson
GLINT OF GRANITE
Dan Lamberton gets serious about Heather McHugh

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Mary Jo Salter: “Song of the Children”
April 15, 2008 – 3:12 pm
Mary Jo Salter: “Song of the Children”

From the Spring-Summer v3.n1 issue of Poetry Northwest, “The Political Issue,”  we’re featuring Mary Jo Salter’s “Song of the Children.”
According to Salter, “‘Song of the Children’ is one of the few poems I’ve written that …

Spring-Summer 2008 v3.n1
March 3, 2008 – 3:50 pm
Spring-Summer 2008  v3.n1

THE POLITICAL ISSUE

Heather McHugh dreams of a Texas songbird
Robert Pinsky visits the National Portrait Gallery
Jane Hirshfield considers Augusto Pinochet
Kevin Young gets the Hang Dog Blues
Mary Jo Salter says “My pen is angled too”
Plus: Stephen Dunn, James …

John Koethe: "On Happiness" & "Persistent Feellings"
February 15, 2008 – 3:09 pm
John Koethe: "On Happiness" & "Persistent Feellings"

John Koethe of Milwaukie, Wisconsin is the recipient of the 2007 Theodore Roethke Prize for his poems, “On Happiness” & “Persistent Feellings,” published in Poetry Northwest‘s Spring-Summer 2007 v2.n1 issue.

Stanley Plumly: “Something of the Sort: Full-bodied, paper-original, non-expedient correspondence”
January 27, 2008 – 2:49 pm
Stanley Plumly: “Something of the Sort: Full-bodied, paper-original, non-expedient correspondence”

We begin 2008 by featuring Stanley Plumly’s essay “Something of the Sort: Full-bodied, paper-original, non-expedient correspondence,” which appears in Poetry Northwest Fall-Winter 2007-08 v2.n2.

Gibson Fay-LeBlanc: “On Leaving Home”
December 15, 2007 – 2:45 pm
Gibson Fay-LeBlanc: “On Leaving Home”

Gibson Fay-LeBlanc’s “On Leaving Home” appears in Poetry Northwest Fall-Winter 2007-08 v2.n2. The poem focuses on departures and those who are left behind. According to Le-Blanc, ” I left Chicago at 18 and somehow knew …

Eva Heisler: “Lover’s Manual”
November 15, 2007 – 2:26 pm
Eva Heisler: “Lover’s Manual”

For November we feature Eva Heisler’s “Lover’s Manual,” which appears in Poetry Northwest Fall-Winter 2007-08 v2.n2. The  poem is part of a longer series of prose poems entitled “Reading Emily Dickinson in Icelandic.” According to …

Christina Pugh: “Sebald’s Dream Props”
October 15, 2007 – 2:18 pm
Christina Pugh: “Sebald’s Dream Props”

Christina Pugh’s “Sebald’s Dream Props” appears in Poetry Northwest Fall-Winter 2007-08 v2.n2. When asked to discuss her poem, Pugh writes, “‘Sebald’s Dream Props’ is part of a manuscript entitled Restoration, which operates according to a …

Fall-Winter 2007-08 v2.n2
October 3, 2007 – 3:17 pm
Fall-Winter 2007-08 v2.n2

Stanley Plumly on poets & e-mail: “Need speediness is the enemy of style”
Letters from Nobel Laureate Eugenio Montale
 Love Manual by Eva Heisler
David Mason channels Charles Bukowski
Rachel Hadas waits for a train
Plus: New poems by Oliver Rice, Joanna …

Kim-An Lieberman: “Water Buffalo Tale”
April 26, 2007 – 5:14 pm
Kim-An Lieberman: “Water Buffalo Tale”

This month’s feature on Seattle’s Kim-An Lieberman continues our Northwest Poets series in which, periodically, we showcase a poem by a poet living in this region.
Kim-An Lieberman’s poem, “Water Buffalo Tale,” appears in Poetry Northwest …

Paul Muldoon: “Between Rail-End and Rail-End”
March 6, 2007 – 4:51 pm
Paul Muldoon: “Between Rail-End and Rail-End”

Pulitzer Prize-winner Paul Muldoon is this month’s feature. We’re delighted to present his essay about the differences between writing song lyrics and poems, “Between Rail-End and Rail-End,” as well as the lyrics to his song, …