Blanked verse: the power of erasure poetry
theguardian.com/books/2021/nov/12/blanked-verse-the-power-of-erasure-poetryPoets have been constructing new work by selectively redacting others’ texts for decades, but Instagram and our political moment have spotlit this startling technique
Ocean Vuong on being generous in your work
thecreativeindependent.com/people/ocean-vuong-on-being-generous-in-your-work/Ocean Vuong is an American poet and essayist based in New York City. Even though his most recent book, 2016’s Night Sky with Exit Wounds, was a collection of poems, Vuong is now engaged in the task of writing what he calls “the ghost of a novel.” His work is predicated on the notion that both reading and writing are acts that require generosity and a willingness to explore.