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Annie Finch

The Naming: Memorial Poem for 9–11

THE NAMING

Sep 11, 2020

The Naming: Memorial Poem for 9–11

Sep 11, 2020

Annie Finch

Diversity, Constraint, and Poetic Form as Liberation

First appeared in American Poetry Review, January 2020

Jun 26, 2020

Diversity, Constraint, and Poetic Form as Liberation

Jun 26, 2020

Annie Finch

How to Publish Women Writers: A Response to the VIDA Count

Note: this piece was originally published in Her Circle Ezine in 2011. Since that link is no longer live and the issues persist, I’m…

Jun 25, 2019

How to Publish Women Writers: A Response to the VIDA Count

Jun 25, 2019

Annie Finch

A Blessing on the Poets

Patient earth-diggers, impatient fire-makers,

Apr 1, 2019

A Blessing on the Poets

Apr 1, 2019

Annie Finch

How to Apologize in a Way That Actually Works

About a decade ago, I found myself in need of making a serious apology — the kind of apology where a lot hangs in the balance. I made my…

Mar 12, 2019

How to Apologize in a Way That Actually Works

Mar 12, 2019

Annie Finch

The Spell of the Sonnet

“I will put Chaos into fourteen lines and keep him there…” — Edna St. Vincent Millay

Mar 1, 2019

The Spell of the Sonnet

Mar 1, 2019

Annie Finch

Paravaledellentine: A Paradelle for Valentine’s Day

Feb 15, 2019

Paravaledellentine: A Paradelle for Valentine’s Day

Feb 15, 2019

Annie Finch

Can Passion Be Translated? Sonnets, Free Verse, and the Ghost of Louise Labé

Louise Labé is a deeply, and paradoxically, passionate poet. Her elaborate metaphors and frank self-reflection in the face of intricate…

Feb 12, 2019

Can Passion Be Translated? Sonnets, Free Verse, and the Ghost of Louise Labé

Feb 12, 2019

Annie Finch

How to Make a Poem Last: On Revising “Revelry”

NOTE January 23, 2019 I publish this essay here, a dozen years after I wrote it, to celebrate the sale of Sitwells to new owners who…

Jan 23, 2019

How to Make a Poem Last: On Revising “Revelry”

Jan 23, 2019

Annie Finch

A Ritual for Healing from Sexual Abuse

In 2011, one third of women in the U.S. reported that they had been victims of sexual assault (rape, stalking, beating, or a combination of…

Jun 16, 2017

A Ritual for Healing from Sexual Abuse

Jun 16, 2017

Annie Finch

Annie Finch

Poet, speaker, writer, teacher, performer, Ph.D. Author of Spells, A Poet’s Craft, Choice Words etc. "Offers spellbinding readings of poetry infused with magic"

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