Matthew Zapruder

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Essays

Understanding Poetry Is More Straightforward Than You Think, The New York Times

Poetry and Poets in a Time of Crisis, LitHub

John Ashbery, SF Chronicle

W.S. Merwin’s The Vixen, Poets.org

Why I Rhyme, Los Angeles Times

When the War is Over, Los Angeles Review of Books

Everyday Creativity (an essay on teaching), AWP

Everyday Failure, AWP

Thinking Through the Long Poem, AWP

Bad Poetry, The Rumpus

On Poems by Marianne Moore, Aboutaword

Show Your Work!, Poetryfoundation.org

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