It can sound like a cliché, I know, but that’s not at all how I mean it when I say what an honor it is to work with authors on books of this magnitude, @philipmetres.bsky.social. Long before I became Series Editor, the Poets on Poetry Series was instrumental in helping me shape my own poetics.
Long before I became Series Editor, the Poets on Poetry Series taught me about inquiry and craft. What an honor, then, that two of our books were nominated for the Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism from the @poetry.foundation. Congratulations, @philipmetres.bsky.social and Jason Schneiderman.
October poem memorization challenge! www.facebook.com/phil.metres/... @philipmetres.bsky.social (I signed up)
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Congratulations on such a well-earned honor, @philipmetres.bsky.social! And hats off to the entire @uofmpress.bsky.social team for supporting such impactful writing. It’s an honor to be able to contribute to every one of these titles!
The Ark of Peace (after Pharoah Sanders), by Philip Metres worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/essay/a...
The Ark of Peace (after Pharoah Sanders), by Philip Metres
Philip Metres reflects on the twenty-fifth anniversary of 9/11, and how the ark-like embrace of Pharoah Sanders’s “Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah” provided some sanctuary on a day filled with awful, gu...
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We're excited to feature Philip Metres @philipmetres.bsky.social and his poem "Ode to the Wallrunners of Gaza" this week! Read the rest of his poem and his discussion questions on our website, linked in bio.
This quote from Le Guin is also emblematic of why you can't be an "A.I. writer". The process is *everything*.
Ursula K. Le Guin Bot@leguinbot.bsky.social · 8mo agoA writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.
We are so excited to announce that our Special Issue with Guest Editor Sara Abou Rashed is OUT NOW, linked in our bio! We invite you to attend our Zoom Launch Party this Sunday at 2 p.m. EST, where you can hear featured authors read their work! @ruthawad.bsky.social @philipmetres.bsky.social
Renee Nicole Good (Macklin). 2020 Academy of American Poets Prize, Old Dominion University, "On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs." make room for wonder poets.org/2020-on-lear...
I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy. She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
We highly recommend this brilliant interview with LISA OLSTEIN and Alina Stefanescu from the Poetry Foundation on the archival sources, erasure, and mythology in OLSTEIN’S latest collection, DISTINGUISHED OFFICE OF ECHOES! Read the full piece at shorturl.at/XyBlR
a version of the Poetry Foundation solely built around grants felt like it "maybe should be a different organization.” www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Poetry Foundation Staff Protest Program Cuts, Job Loss
Employees at the foundation say the decision of senior leadership to eliminate public programs, announced earlier this month, goes against the organization’s mission, and are circulating a petition to...
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Documentary poetry can either amplify marginalized voices or exploit their suffering. @philipmetres.bsky.social’s DISPATCHES brings together poets wrestling with this distinction, providing crucial guidance for navigating the ethics of writing as witness. press.umich.edu/Books/D/Disp... #Poetry
What if emotion IS knowledge? @khadijahqueen.com’s RADICAL POETICS makes the case that “poetry exists as a valuable tool for understanding,” not despite its emotional resonance, but precisely because of it. press.umich.edu/Books/R/Radi... @uofmpress.bsky.social #Poetry #Books #RadicalPoetics
kind of obsessed with this custom binding for Moby dick by Susan and Chaim Ebanks at Exeter Bookbinders
How do you teach Palestinian and Israeli literature without pretending the power is equal? @philipmetres.bsky.social proposes “contrapuntal reading,” and DISPATCHES shows it in practice: what it reveals about both texts, as well as what the stakes are. press.umich.edu/Books/D/Disp... #Books
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Good to see @philipmetres.bsky.social featured in The Land: thelandcle.org/stories/a-li...
A life characterized by verse: How one Cleveland poet found himself through writing – The Land
When Cleveland poet Philip Metres was a senior in AP English at Wilmette, Illinois’ Loyola Academy in 1987, he was assigned a poem that would change the course of his life.
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It’s another deeply engaging addition to the Poets on Poetry Series, @philipmetres.bsky.social – and a great companion to your latest, DISPATCHES FROM THE LAND OF ERASURE: press.umich.edu/Books/D/Disp...
Dispatches from the Land of Erasure
Drawn from a decade of writing and conversations by Arab American poet and writer Philip Metres, Dispatches from the Land of Erasure redefines the writer’s role as a catalyst for justice and a resiste...
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When does a poem become more than art? Frontline workers writing pandemic haiku. Layli Long Soldier rewriting congressional resolutions. YOUR HISTORICAL LOVELINESS asks what happens when poetry stops being about witness and becomes action itself. press.umich.edu/Books/Y/Your...
"Always the same story: two people, one tree, not enough land or light or love." —Philip Metres @philipmetres.bsky.social thelandcle.org/stories/a-li...
A life characterized by verse: How one Cleveland poet found himself through writing – The Land
When Cleveland poet Philip Metres was a senior in AP English at Wilmette, Illinois’ Loyola Academy in 1987, he was assigned a poem that would change the course of his life.
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Physicists at CERN told Amy Catanzano they can use quantum theory but find it "counterintuitive.” She recognized immediately: quantum logic IS poetic logic. THE IMAGINARY PRESENT explores how poetry can reshape scientific understanding. @uofmpress.bsky.social press.umich.edu/Books/T/The-...
Can you document trauma without exploiting it? @utopiaminus.bsky.social warns that the “representation of violence can produce its own kind of violence.” In @philipmetres.bsky.social’s DISPATCHES, poets debate what documentary poetry can and can’t do for justice – and whether writing is enough.
Learn more about @philipmetres.bsky.social’s book and order your copy here: press.umich.edu/Books/D/Disp...