Mike Young—
Essay on things poets do when they decide to “sell-out,” e.g., how ridiculous their fall-back plans are. “Better just suck it up and write a bestselling novel.” “Translate poetry.” “Design board games.” “Invent a drink.” — #9 of 11 essays Zach Savich isn’t writing about contemporary poetry (over at the Philadelphia Review of Books)
does #3 mean that nobody is a ‘revolutionary’/standing out?
So so so good
my knowledge of the poetry world and its arguments isn’t super deep but i like how this article makes me feel like its loci of irony slash sincerity keep shifting and you’re never sure where he slash you stand.
this would be a good question for ZS to answer himself, but to me i think it depends whether you think that word ends more at “revolt” or “revolve”
1. Essay on poetry being the fall-back plan, written by a bridge arsonist.