Nathan Brown
On the Politics of Poetry
I'm still refusing to talk politics. . . though, I'm weakening, I'll admit. But I thought this little thought on the politics of poetry...
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Nathan Brown
- Aug 3, 2016
- 2 min
A Literary Reprieve
Well, the dark year that books (the ones made with paper pages and covers that bend and warp with a reader’s love) were scheduled to...
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Nathan Brown
- Jul 19, 2016
- 1 min
On the Sexiness of Plagiarism
So... maybe Melania Trump's speech had a super model in Michelle Obama. Okay. But, let's remember that plagiarism has a great and...
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Brownlines Writers' Blog
- Jul 7, 2016
- 1 min
O Walt! My Whitman!
This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the...
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Nathan Brown
- Jul 5, 2016
- 1 min
If You Must...
"Poetry makes you famous without an audience, an abstract or kind of photo-fame." ~ Ben Lerner I just finished reading Ben Lerner's...
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Nathan Brown
- Jun 16, 2016
- 1 min
A Harsh Probability
If a poem could be considered "bad" (let's say, in a theoretical world -- since, in a politically correct world, it is not possible),...
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Nathan Brown
- Jun 3, 2016
- 1 min
The Longer Way...
Poems are the back roads of literature. They’re asking you to slow down. You’ve got to watch out for the speed limits in all the little...
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Nathan Brown
- May 28, 2016
- 1 min
On Being Offensive...
I'm writing a book on Genesis (the biblical one) right now, and I can see that some of it will be offensive, if not highly, to some...
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Nathan Brown
- May 21, 2016
- 1 min
Some Days...
Some days I'm just a dung beetle pushin' balls of it 'cross the road. Just another Dum or Dee Tweedle, n' can't tell the crap from the...
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Nathan Brown
- May 8, 2016
- 1 min
Frogs, Redwing Blackbirds, and John Denver
I just spent a week in Northwest New Mexico, or Southwest Colorado, depending on which map you’re looking at. The only sounds around were...
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Nathan Brown
- May 4, 2016
- 1 min
In All Seriousness
In all seriousness... when we treat serious subjects "in all seriousness" as writers, we lose the serious audience. If we have a dead...
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Nathan Brown
- Apr 12, 2016
- 1 min
Poets for People Who Don't Like Poetry
This list is long overdue... mainly because I keep changing my mind. But I've decided just to edit or add to it down the road. Of course...
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Nathan Brown
- Mar 23, 2016
- 1 min
Another Rule to Ignore
(1) Every beautiful poem... should contain at least one line that is painful, or pinches your better judgment. (2) Every painful poem......
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Nathan Brown
- Mar 15, 2016
- 1 min
Not Quite Done Yet...
I'm long enough out of the loop now, that I no longer feel much of a need to argue with academics over the nature of high versus low art....
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