“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)