Four Poems
All my registers say hush/A spider pushes each ounce of knowledge against the ground/Her hydraulic soldiers
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Review of EVERYBODY’S SON by Thrity Umrigar
Can we ever escape the consequences of an immoral action, even if we think some good will come out of it? Thrity Umrigar, a prominent Indian-American writer, a professor, a journalist, and a Nieman Fellowship recipient, narrates a tale, Everybody’s Son, in which an immoral and illegal act changes lives and makes us wonder whether justice and atonement will follow.
Three Poems
Remember when you lived by a single quote, / repeated most days / with a fundamentalist zeal, / little need to say more?
Airdra
After Airdra divorced me, I gained forty pounds and killed our parakeet. I should have let Airdra take her beloved bird but inflicting pain was my top priority.
Sherman Alexie Selected for Best American Poetry 2012!
Congratulations to Sherman Alexie, whose poem "Terminal Nostalgia" from the Spring 2011 issue was selected by guest editor Mark Doty for inclusion in the 2012 edition of Best American Poetry, edited by David Lehman. ...
New Issue Almost Here!
Our 2011 winter issue ran a little late this year, but the wait's been worth it. Weighing in at nearly 300 pages, Volume 24, no. 2 of GMR features poetry by Todd Boss, Olena Kalytiak Davis, Stephen Dunn, Bob Hicok, Major Jackson, Carl Phillips, Katherine...
GMR Offers Prizes in Poetry and Fiction!
We're very excited to open the New Year by offering prizes in both poetry and fiction: First Prize in Poetry: $500 Final Judge: Todd Boss First Prize in Short Fiction: $500 Final Judge: Noy Holland Deadline: April 15, 2012 Winners will...
Why Write? #3: Ben Aleshire
Our third installment of our Why Write? guest blogger series brings us Ben Aleshire, who typed up the below and mailed it to us from France. One cannot emphasize enough the pleasure of receiving a typed note from France, the letters...
Why Write? #2: Stephen Dunn
Welcome to the second installment in our "Why Write?" guest blogger series, in which GMR contributors very generously attempt to unravel for us why they do what they do. Daryl Scroggins kicked off the series last month, and we're pleased now to present poet Stephen...
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Why Write? #1: Daryl Scroggins
Welcome to our new guest blogger series "Why Write?," in which we harry some of GMR's contributors with that old question -- damnably obtuse, damnably pointed -- Why do you write? Future guest bloggers will include Stephen Dunn, Norman Lock, Tony Magistrale, Laird...
David Huddle on Becoming a Writer
David Huddle, a frequent contributor to GMR, has a lovely essay up at 1rst Books: Stories of How Writers Get Started in which he reflects on his beginnings as poet: Poetry is so intimidating that I spent years sidling up to it. . . . Poetry was a big rich family at...