Matthew Sweeney, who died in August, was the author of many collections of poetry, including My Life as a Painter (Bloodaxe), published earlier this year. A book of prose poems, King of a Rainy ...

Poetry is hard to read and to write. I know this because I have read (don’t ask if, and how much I understood) and attempted writing a collection. It must be easy for two-headed folks like Olumide ...