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April is Poetry Month: Wyatt Prunty

We're celebrating Poetry Month on the Blog in April with selections from recent books in the Johns Hopkins: Poetry & Fiction series.  First up, three poems by Wyatt Prunty from his new volume, Couldn't Prove, Had to Promise. Robert Hass calls Prunty "a classic poet in the tradition of Frost, Wilbur, Merrill, and Justice," and…

April is Poetry Month: Wyatt Prunty

We're celebrating Poetry Month on the Blog in April with selections from recent books in the Johns Hopkins: Poetry & Fiction series.  First up, three poems by Wyatt Prunty from his new volume, Couldn't Prove, Had to Promise. Robert Hass calls Prunty "a classic poet in the tradition of Frost, Wilbur, Merrill, and Justice," and…

Kill Your Darlings: Michele Callaghan’s stages of poetry

During the Association of Writers & Writing Programs annual conference earlier this month, we challenged our JHU Press authors to write on the theme “Kill your darlings.” We asked: What poem, line, stanza, or piece of brilliant work have you sacrificed for the greater good? Has this piece or well-turned phrase found its way into…

Kill Your Darlings: Michele Callaghan’s stages of poetry

During the Association of Writers & Writing Programs annual conference earlier this month, we challenged our JHU Press authors to write on the theme “Kill your darlings.” We asked: What poem, line, stanza, or piece of brilliant work have you sacrificed for the greater good? Has this piece or well-turned phrase found its way into…

Kill your darlings: Peter Filkins on going ‘back to the future’

With the Association of Writers & Writing Programs annual conference underway, we challenged our JHU Press authors to write on the theme “Kill your darlings.” We asked: What poem, line, stanza, or piece of brilliant work have you sacrificed for the greater good? Has this piece or well-turned phrase found its way into another poem, short story,…