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George's Latest Blogs
Feb.04.2013 - 12:28 pm
32 Poems has just released an anthology of poems from its first 10 years of publication, titled Old Flame, and published by WordFarm Press: http://www.wordfarm.net/books/...
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Jul.26.2012 - 2:19 pm
Kin is a new online poetry journal, beautifully designed and thoughtfully edited, featuring poems, reviews, and interviews. I'm delighted to have a poem just published there...
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Apr.16.2012 - 2:29 pm
I have been reading and re-reading three first rate books of poems, and want to recommend them to interested readers.
Gospel Night by Michael Waters. A varied,...
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Sep.06.2011 - 2:32 pm
On the train the other day, I noted a stray backpack on the seat across from me, looking rather like the backpack in the paranoia-inducing "If You See Something, Say Something"...
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George Witte is the author of two collections of poems, Deniability (2009) and The Apparitioners (2005), both available from Orchises Press. His work has been published in Best American Poetry 2007, received Poetry magazine's Frederick Bock prize, and was...