“I don’t want to miss out on living because I’m too busy writing” – Hanging Out With Kate Monica (2015)

The most surprising thing I learned about Kate Monica, UConn’s 2015 representative of the Connecticut Poetry Circuit, was that poetry was not a life-long pursuit for her. Rather, she used to hate it. Her work is so fluid and natural, informal but still balanced and graceful that I assumed she had been writing it her… More “I don’t want to miss out on living because I’m too busy writing” – Hanging Out With Kate Monica (2015)

Can Grammar Be Fun?

All is (almost) quiet on the LRR front after a barrage of colorful pens took to the rough draft of the journal in class last night. As students and as aspiring writers, we are used to the concept of editing and proofreading. We know the basic rules, we have learned the basic proof-marks. We have… More Can Grammar Be Fun?

“I am first a creature of the imagination” – An Interview with Poet Benjamin Grossberg (2015)

Benjamin Grossberg, Spring 2015 representative of the “Writers Who Edit, Editors Who Write” series, is passionate and personable. I had the opportunity to ask him a few questions, and the resulting conversation is a thoughtful reflection of all the different roles a writer can play. Supplement your experience of his reading with his answers, or… More “I am first a creature of the imagination” – An Interview with Poet Benjamin Grossberg (2015)