The Art of Poetry No. 111
“As long as I have music, I don’t ever feel like I’m solitary. It changes the air in the room. It’s the most consistent thing in my life.”
Terrance Hayes
Interview
Poetry
Bob Ross Paints Your Portrait
Today we’re going to get to work on the details
Strange as the Rules of Grammar
The two or three times I saw Lil Wayne
hanging out at the Praline Connection
in New Orleans he had a mouth full of bling
Daily
Terrance Hayes’s Soundtracks for Most Any Occasion
When we asked Terrance Hayes to make a playlist for you, our readers, he wrote us a poem.
The Wicked Candor of Wanda Coleman
Terrance Hayes on Wanda Coleman, whose poems often record the mood of one who feels exiled, discounted, neglected.
The Space Between Everything
We’re away until January 4, but we’re re-posting some of our favorite pieces from 2015. Please enjoy, and have a happy New Year!The elliptical life of Etheridge Knight.This piece is part of a lecture for the Bagley Wright Lecture Series, a nonprofit …
The Space Between Everything
The elliptical life of Etheridge Knight.This piece is part of a lecture for the Bagley Wright Lecture Series, a nonprofit that provides poets with the opportunity to explore in-depth their own thinking on the subject of poetics. Terrance Hayes will d…