The festival also examined contemporary poetry and the declining printed sphere.
Here's a good excerpt on language:
Words are luggage for our politics, and those of us who are writers have a special responsibility to prevent the erosion of their value and meaning. I want to compose poems with words that can wear pants and shirts without creases.
Looks like a politically active group! Jan Beatty interviewed me on the radio once, and she did not come on softcore...
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