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Mark Yakich
Mark Yakich teaches creative writing at Loyola University New Orleans and edits
New Orleans Review
. His most recent poetry collection is
The Importance of Peeling Potatoes in Ukraine
.
Mini Object Lesson: The Football Play
Mark Yakich
October 24, 2015
Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
Reading a Poem: 20 Strategies
A guide for the perplexed
Mark Yakich
November 2, 2014
Wikimedia Commons
What Is a Poem?
You read it; it reads you. An Object Lesson.
Mark Yakich
November 25, 2013