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A weblog from the editors of Linebreak

The regulars

Ash Bowen's poetry has appeared in Crab Orchard Review, Blackbird, and Black Warrior Review, among other publications. He lives and works in Texarkana, AR.

Jennifer Jabaily's poetry has appeared in Mannequin Envy and Fickle Muses. She's a second-year MFA student at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.

Ashley Anna McHugh is a third-year MFA student at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Measure, DIAGRAM and Memorious as well as other publications.

Johnathon Williams's poetry has appeared in Best New Poets 2009, the Pebble Lake Review, and Unsplendid. He lives in Fayetteville, AR, with his wife and daughters.

Some things you should’ve read but probably didn’t

By Johnathon Williams on Oct 5, 2009

Daniel Nester calls out the more churlish elements of the professional poetry community in a long piece at The Morning News. Surprisingly, I’ve seen very little response to it. Maybe my Twitter peep gatewaygroupie was right when she said, “There is no way to talk about that essay without getting in trouble.”

“Homo Erectus Recalls the Better Days of Man” is a good example of a poem that makes its bones on the strength of its last line. I’m obsessed with last lines lately.

Paul Graham, one of the most consistent essayists working today, explains the popularity of the list post, and follows with a cogent explanation of why the typical college essay isn’t an essay at all. Very few lit types of my acquaintance read Graham. This should be corrected. Immediately.

A new blog for your feed reader: Brian Turner, the poet-soldier who authored Here, Bullet, is traveling the world for one year as the 2010 Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scholar. (via TR Hummer’s Facebook)

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