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E-lit, digital poetry, new media frenzy

March 23, 2011 by E. Rowan

As part of my re-entry into indie publishing this past Ides of March with the launch of Anomalous Press, I’ve been incorporating as much new media and hybrid literary arts as I can into my vision. But it’s something that I know only a little about. Well, today I feel like I got a crash course thanks to finding out about the 10th anniversary of the E-Poetry Festival this year on Harriet. The festival looks interesting, and I’m especially intrigued […]

Categories: Poetry • Tags: 21st century publishing, digital poetry, electronic literature, future of the book, new media, poetry

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Spam Poem #5

February 1, 2011 by E. Rowan

Span Poem #5 Stop Emailing me Stop wasting time flirting with the ladies Find out about Graduate Admissions We grant loan to people at two percent If you want to enlarge penis size Butts that look awesome I as well conceive thus, perfectly pent post!

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Spam Poem #4

January 30, 2011 by E. Rowan

Over the past few weeks my spam has trebeled, at least. My husband, who writes this awesome blog, and teaches media arts and digital literacy, said to his class not too long ago: If you’re getting a lot of spam, it’s because you’re sticking your email address where it doesn’t belong. Following that innuendo, spam is the syphilis of the internet. It spreads easily through unprotected email use, and eventually makes you crazy. So while I was trying to figure out where […]

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Spam Poem #3

January 28, 2011 by E. Rowan

(no subject) good evening websit Stop being a nervous wreck I will like you to accept this token So hard you can break an egg hoping you will understand my point this is not a myth Every person dreams about meeting someone  

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Responsible Writing

January 26, 2011 by E. Rowan

I’ve been thinking, and talking, a lot about political poetry. It’s something I’m deeply interested in – which I often find at least on the surface conflicting with my interest in experimental literature. They seem to occupy different ends of a spectrum. Poetry that is politically and socially engaged tends towards directness, clarity of expression and obvious subjects of engagement. Poetry that is experimental tends towards obscurity, complex and convoluted expression and abstracted subjects of engagement. Do they ever meet? […]

Categories: Poetry • Tags: Alain Badiou, experimental poetry, political poetry

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Spam Poem #2

January 25, 2011 by E. Rowan

An important information is contained in this mail.. Body and Soul What do you have to lose A Birds Eye View just stare at the bulge below my belt all the time i am getting used to it the Pied Piper of chicks When girls start disappearing, the Ass Collector became the prime suspect I am for a good mature man. Most women would love to have a larger penis as well.

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Spam poem #1

January 24, 2011 by E. Rowan

[Delivery to the following recipient] failed permanently: This is a personal email directed to you. You know you are a great lover and your girl craves for you every night without /  / No one has claimed our jackpot! Hear ladies scream in bed, the answer to ever man’s woes We will give you $12500 to play your favorite games Your powerful rod will rip their blouses off top quality cheap replicas 4k4s-3ut What really happened on the TONIGHT show carnality as sensual sorority sisters dabble […]

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Subversive Poetry

January 20, 2011 by E. Rowan

So I’m not slacking in my book-a-day goal, though yes, I’m slacking on posting here. The book I finished a few days ago was Martín Espada’s The Lover of a Subversive is Also a Subversive. It was (as I expected it would be) extraordinary. Martín is, for anyone who doesn’t know, an incredibly prolific contemporary Puerto Rican poet who writes in English and teaches at UMass Amherst. He started his professional life as a lawyer, and in the first essay […]

Categories: Poetry, Reviews • Tags: Martín Espada, poetry, political poetry, Puerto Rico, reviews

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The Art of Language

October 27, 2010 by E. Rowan

I’m beginning to think more and more about politics and its relationship to poetry – not a new subject for me at all, but something I keep returning to. Somewhat late, I opened my copy of the PMLA (Publication of the Modern Language Association) from October and saw an article called “Return to the Political” by Jean-Jacques Lecerde which offers a brief argument, mostly based in French 20th C philosophy, for the inherent political nature of literary art. It ends […]

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Lyric(s) Poetry?

September 11, 2010 by E. Rowan

A little while ago I was copyediting a rhetoric textbook that used both poetry and prose as examples. I was thrilled, it’s not often students are asked to look at the rhetorical strategies of poetry alongside essays and works of fiction. Until I came to one chapter that had printed under the heading “Poem” the lyrics for a song by The Beatles. I noted in the text that, while many song lyrics are incredibly poetic, the mere fact of having […]

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