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Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow
Sharp Teeth is a novel written in free verse, about rival gangs of werewolves roaming the streets and suburbs of Los Angeles; a sprawling story of love and death.
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Definition Dance
Purists mumble “linking narratives are not novels-in-verse!!!” while cuddling their threadbare Lucile. Now, let’s take a moment to sort these concerns out.
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Lorie Ann Grover
When Lorie Ann Grover was young, she wanted to dance. But her body kept growing, refusing to cooperate. So, instead of giving up her dream, she redirected her passion
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Burning Wyclif by Thom Satterlee
Thom Satterlee's linking narrative Burning Wyclif won the 2006 Walt McDonald First Book prize, and is probably the best book to come out this year.
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History The Home Movie by Craig Raine
In the past 50 years, poetry has broken away from its traditional relationship with music, and formed an attachment to painting. Craig Raine's work, however, has both.
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Narratives Cultivated and Wild
Where is the dividing line between “cultivated narratives,” and those which simply grow up wild and organic from the lives of their creators?
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Part of the Bargain by Scott Hightower
The casual reader in a bookstore might pick up Scott Hightower's Part of the Bargain and think, "Huh, Brokeback poetry." That would be a gross misunderstanding.
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Techniques for Verse Action!
Why and, more importantly, how are novels-in-verse so devastatingly effective in portraying action? Let’s look at techniques used in History: The Home Movie.
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The Golden Gate by Vikram Seth
Vikram Seth's 1986 novel-in-verse was such a long-shot that the author makes Shakespearian voice-overs explaining his hopes and misgivings. Now it's a must-read for poets
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The Poet's Way of Knowing
Only the truly great get Pulitzers by writing about cubicles, backyards and coffeepots. If "write what you know" still applies, how can the rest of us jazz it up?
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Thomas and Beulah by Rita Dove
Rita Dove's Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas and Beulah has many children and grandchildren in today's poetry world.
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Amy Zoe Mason and Lucile
It’s an altered book based on the 19th century hit novel-in-verse Lucile. It’s fiction. It’s Journal: The Short Life and Mysterious Death of Amy Zoe Mason.
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Anne Carson's Monster
In her novel-in-verse, Autobiography of Red, why has Anne Carson harnessed creatures from Ancient Greece to tell a story of adolescent love in modern Canada?
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Illustrated Poetry
What if poetry books were illustrated in the same way as altered books? Would we read differently? Are words strengthened or weakened by the introduction of image?
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Narrative Beginnings
The entry piece to a book-length narrative poem holds even more importance than it would in a general collection. Mary Jo Bang and Ruth Whitman share a technique.
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Narrative Beginnings I V
In Ultima Thule, poet Davis McCombs creates a delicate and sophisticated novel-in-verse by breaking the rule that says poems should be unnoted and self-contained.
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Review – Pearl Verses the World by Sally Murphy
Pearl feels isolated and alone at school but at home she feels loved and secure until her grandmother's illness changes the way Pearl views her world.
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The Criminal Life of Effie O
Illustrated poem, novel-in-verse, Sam Savage has written a children’s book for adults. With simple, deft verse he sketched out characters readers can really care about.
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Lyric Narrative Electric
Before the age of the novel, much of history and literature was written in narrative verse. With the resurgence of book-length poems, we return to our Homeric roots.
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Aleksandr Pushkin Biography
Life and works of Russian writer Aleksandr Pushkin, considered Russia's greatest poet. Famous for fairy tale "Ruslan and Lyudmila" and masterpiece "Eugene Onegin."
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Facts about Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Pushkin's life - from his African grandfather to his affiliation with the Decembrists - has captured the imagination of every Russian writer since his day.
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Must-Read 19th C. Russian Novels
Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Lermontov, Tolstoy, and Turgenev are authors who wrote novels that are considered "must-reads" for students of Russian history and literature.
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Writers Alice and Phoebe Cary
A brief look at the lives and careers of the Cary sisters, Alice and Phoebe, from Cincinnati, Ohio.
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More than a Memorable Romantic
Ba Browning is best known for her sonnets, but there was a lot more to this Victorian poet than romanticism.
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Narrative Beginnings I I I
How do poets subtly introduce background information to a narrative while maintaining poetic integrity? In Les Murray’s gritty drama, Fredy Neptune, photos help.
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New Year’s Resolutions for Writers
8 New Year's Resolutions to improve your writing and start the year off right!
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Portrait of an Artist Being Red
Anne Carson's <i> Autobiography of Red</i> is a rare red-winged monster in the world of poetry today.

Caroline Norton and the Victorian Divorce Laws
The poet Caroline Norton campaigned for a change in the law following the breakdown of her marriage and the refusal of her husband to grant her access to her children.
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Interview with Dorothy Porter
Magdalena Ball talks to Dorothy Porter about her new verse novel, <I>Wild Surmise</I>, and discovers there is more to the poet than mere poetry.
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