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Enterprise
Beatrice Saint Forte, the main character in Edwidge Danticat‘s story “The Bridal Seamstress” (a chapter in her novel-in-stories The Dew Breaker), explains: “When any of my girls puts on one of my dresses, everyone at the wedding is going to be looking at it. When they’re singing ‘Here comes the bride,’ they’re really singing “Here comes the dress.’” This is true of too many poems.Read More
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News Flash: Heather McHugh’s a Fellow
Congratulations to the ever-effervescent Heather McHugh on being awarded a MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant. McHugh, novelist Edwidge Danticat, and short story writer Deborah Eisenberg are all powerful representatives of the writing profession. Geniuses? Who knows. The big question, of course, is how they’re going to spend their money.Read More