M. Willett 11/2/21 M. Willett 11/2/21

Still Life with Wine and Occasional Fires

Normally, though still a frenzy, my writing has built-in speed bumps, to keep the crystal from jittering around.

M. Willett 10/31/21 M. Willett 10/31/21

6 Black Protest Poets

In times of increasing racial tensions, it can be difficult to know what to do with one’s anger, righteous or otherwise. And it can be just as difficult to know where to get an honest picture of the worldviews of people we may consider, for whatever combination of reasons, “other.”

M. Willett 10/19/21 M. Willett 10/19/21

5 Contemporary Poets Christians Should Read

I’m always a little sad after a poetry reading when someone comes up and tells me they’re “really into Christian poets,” and when I ask excitedly “which ones?” they rattle off a short list that ends with Gerard Manley Hopkins or George Herbert

M. Willett 9/21/21 M. Willett 9/21/21

The Breaking Towers: on Hart Crane’s Crumbling Muses

Say even that Crane is a decent poet and a dozen thinkers will write in to say that you’ve finally lost it; will wonder even whether you’re being sincere, or simply provocative.