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Rebecca Porte

REBECCA PORTE’S RESPONSE TO “SOME DARKER BOUQUETS”

April 1, 2009 Contributed By: Rebecca Porte

Dear you, It was insipid, derivative, condescending and poorly executed. It was pandering. It was not brave. I might (and probably did) apply several other unflattering adjectives and adverbial phrases. “It” was a collection of poetry that Journal X commissioned me to write for Issue Y, annum 200Z. I’ll say no more than that except […]

Filed Under: Nonfiction Posted On: April 1, 2009

ROUNDTABLE RESPONSES TO “SOME DARKER BOUQUETS”

April 1, 2009 Contributed By: Ange Mlinko, Annie Finch, Barry Schwabsky, Bill Freind, Daisy Fried, Dale Smith, David Lau, David Orr, Don Share, Eric Lorberer, Joe Amato, Johannes Göransson, John Beer, John Bradley, John Latta, Kristin Prevallet, Mark Halliday, Mark Wallace, Maureen McLane, Michael Robbins, Michael Theune, Murat Nemet-Nejat, Rebecca Porte, Richard Owens, Robert Archambeau, Robert Baird, Rodrigo Toscano, Scott Esposito, Stephen Burt, Tim Atkins, Tom Orange, V. Joshua Adams

: :  V. Joshua Adams : :  Joe Amato : :  Robert Archambeau : :  Tim Atkins : :  Robert Baird : :  John Beer : :  John Bradley : :  Stephen Burt : :  Scott Esposito : :  Annie Finch : :  Bill Freind : :  Daisy Fried : :  Johannes Göransson : :  Mark Halliday : :  John Latta : :  David Lau : :  Eric Lorberer […]

Filed Under: Nonfiction Posted On: April 1, 2009

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