“Radical Research and the Scientific Method: Tracking a New Trajectory through Four Recent Poetry Collection” by Kathryn Nuernberger

The Missouri Review, Vol. 42, no. 3, Fall 2019, pp. 177-188. I came to Rukseyer's The Book of the Dead via Kathyrn Nuernberger's review essay in The Missouri Review, "Radical Research and the Scientific Method: Tracking a New Tracjectory through Four Recent Poetry Collections." In that essay, Nuernberger places recent poetry collections that are responding … Continue reading “Radical Research and the Scientific Method: Tracking a New Trajectory through Four Recent Poetry Collection” by Kathryn Nuernberger →

The Book of the Dead by Muriel Rukseyer, Introduction by Catherine Venable Moore

Introduction by Catherine Venable Moore Originally appearing in Oxford American in 2016, Moore's introduction to Rukeyer's The Book of the Dead was as rewarding as the collection itself. Moore details her own methodology as she traces Muriel Rukseyer and Nancy Naumburg's steps from eighty years before. Moore tells us that she's "got a thing about … Continue reading The Book of the Dead by Muriel Rukseyer, Introduction by Catherine Venable Moore →

Tall, Deborah and John D’Agata. “New Terrain: The Lyric Essay.” Seneca Review, vol. 27, no. 2, Fall 1997, pp 7-8.

Bailey Boyd. "Untitled." 2021. Personal Collection. Overview. Deborah Tall and John D'Agata's introductory note in the Fall 1997 issue of Seneca Review is one of the most cited and referenced description of the lyric essay. It is a great starting point for anyone curious about the lyric essay. The page and a half note is … Continue reading Tall, Deborah and John D’Agata. “New Terrain: The Lyric Essay.” Seneca Review, vol. 27, no. 2, Fall 1997, pp 7-8. →