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The lines, “That’s hard / I don’t go there,” appear twice, near the beginning of C.D. Wright’s One Big Self: An Investigation, a poetic collaboration with the photographer, Deborah Luster,…

What will my new instrument be Just this water glassthis untunable spoon Something else is out theregoddamnit And I want to hear it − C.D. Wright, “And It Came to…

You could count on her to tell you who she was. Take it from her four decades of author’s and contributor’s notes, those dozens of third-person self-introductions. In her first…

Nobody needs to prove, in 2025, that C. D. Wright was an influential poet, or a beloved teacher, or someone who continues to be read and studied today. Few American…

“[Poetry] is the one scene where I advance determined, if not precisely ready, to do battle with what an overly cited Jungian described as the anesthetized heart, the heart that…

You ready yourselffor the restless transmission. This week: Mr. Wieners.I’ll spread the word. So you turn to supplication,this filial work. Words snaked from the drainon John Street. Wadded, casting for…