By Rich Villar I am only beginning to unpack the assorted questions about poetry, poetics, and the public role of poets, that the Dodge Poetry Festival opened up for me. I suspect I must write more eventually, if only just a little bit in the small space I have left. Here, what I’ll tell [...]
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For My Last Trick
Posted in rich villar on October 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Dispatch #1: Thursday at the Dodge Poetry Festival
Posted in rich villar, tagged Dodge Poetry Festival on October 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
By Rich Villar Somewhere down the street from here, Amiri Baraka is still at the afterparty. He turned 76 today. I don’t know where the energy comes from, but if they’re handing any out at the food tent today, I may have to stop by. I am already full. I’m going to need whatever [...]
Prepping for Dodge
Posted in rich villar, tagged Bobby Sanabria, Dodge Poetry Festival, Martin Espada, Nancy Morejon, New Jersey Performing Arts Center on October 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Rich Villar This is the time of year when it’s too cold to leave the house without a hoodie, but not cold enough to blast your landlord out of his pants with heat complaints. I love this time of year because it means more of those chilly grey days that stir the metaphors [...]
The Bridge
Posted in rich villar on October 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Rich Villar My thanks to the editors of the Tidal Basin Review, first and foremost, for the opportunity to speak. I hope I’ll be able to listen, as well. ******************** My wife and I were crossing the George Washington Bridge when I was asked to write an essay on the topic of SB [...]
Introducing TBR Blogger for October, Rich Villar!
Posted in rich villar on October 1, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Introducing TBR Blogger for October, Rich Villar! Rich Villar is the executive director of The Acentos Foundation, a Bronx, NYC-based organization dedicated to the study, presentation, and support of poetry and writing by Latinos and Latinas in the U.S. and abroad. He serves as co-editor of THE ACENTOS REVIEW, and his poems and [...]
