Michael Dickman’s “From the Lives of My Friends,” published in The New Yorker in 2009, is a coming of age tale that explores the impact of childhood friends on our lives as we grow old with them. Dickman grew up in Portland, Oregon, is the author of three books, The End of the West, Flies,…
Poems have the ability to connect people to the power of the written word in a way that books cannot. Often times, a shorter poem can result in a more thought-provoking the message, as the reader can spin a million interpretations and connections. I chose three very different poems from the 2009 volume of Best…
I read a lot of poems very quickly and I don’t really like reading poetry slowly, or at least I don’t really like starting off reading a poem slowly because usually I’ll read a poem quickly and then maybe read it again slowly but I need to feel the rush of a poem building up…