For the first time this year, The White Review Poet’s Prize was open to poets based anywhere in the world. Last month we announced a shortlist of eight poets. ...
David Shields is the author of fifteen books, including Reality Hunger and, most recently in the UK, How Literature Saved My Life (Notting Hill Editions).
Originally, feathers evolved to retain heat; later, they were repurposed for a means of flight. No one ever accuses the descendants of ancient birds...