He is the man, myth and legend, folks—Ed Harkness, runner-up of the Split Lip Press 2014 Uppercut Chapbook Awards. With his new chapbook, Ice Children, set to release in late November, we thought we'd chat with the poet on poetic matters.
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Robert Wrigley is an institution. Besides being a decorated poet—a former Guggenheim Fellow, a two-time NEA fellow, winner of six Pushcart Prizes, author of ten collections of poetry, etc.—he is a dedicated teacher and all-around interesting person. Wrigley was generous enough to sit down with me to talk about his most recent collection of poems, Anatomy of Melancholy, and his most recent honor, a PNBA (Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award).
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After checking out Georgia Kreiger's review of The sea with no one in it, I thought I'd see if the author would like to chat with Split Lip for a little while. The Canadian-Australian poet agreed, and we are grateful.
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A single mother rents a fundamentalist preacher’s carriage house. A pop star contemplates suicide in the hotel room where Janis Joplin died. A philandering ex-pat doctor gets hooked on morphine while reeling from his wife’s death.
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Bob Hicok's seventh collection is Elegy Owed (Copper Canyon, 2013). This Clumsy Living (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2007), was awarded the 2008 Bobbitt Prize from the Library of Congress and published in a German translation by Luxbooks in 2013.
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It was a joy reading Kristina Marie Darling's new book Brushes with and it is a privilege to have the chance to discuss the book with this brilliant avant-garde writer. She is a master of innovative form.
Read MoreIt is a privilege to feature Michael Meyerhofer as our first Split Lip Spotlight Poet and a pleasure to have him sit with us and talk poetry. But first, let me introduce the guy.
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Read MoreAll around rad woman, social media maven, volunteering enthusiast, comdienne, and writer, Ashley C. Ford was kind enough to sit down with Split Lip's managing editor, Elysia Smith for a question/answer session.
Read MoreThe starstruck phenomenon has never made much of an impression on me. I used to work in the entertainment industry and have met several music and film stars, but they never gave a sense of shock and awe.
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