Harvinainen vieras

Ron Silliman omisti eilisen postillansa amerikkalaiselle runoilijalle ja kriitikolle Rachel Blau DuPlessisille ja hänen kahdelle vasta julkaistulle esseekokoelmalleen. Silliman nosti erityisesti esiin esseen nimeltä "Gender Arcades":

It’s one of those essays that makes you thrilled just to be living in the same time as such great work, that you can read it & absorb it & let it feed into your own processes as a poet. That’s something that only the very best poetry & critical writing can do – and both genres can achieve this – & once you’ve connected with a text like this, you know it’s something you’ll return to again & again as a touchstone of what is possible.

Kuinkas sattuikaan, DuPlessis osallistui eilen Helsingin poetiikkakonferenssiin.