I am going to start with a “Note for poems” that Anselm Berrigan wrote about his most recent book, Pregrets (Sydney: Vagabond Press, 2014). I found the “Note” on the press’s website, which I encourage ...

Life often presents mixed emotions. This feeling is called ambivalence. It means having conflicting feelings about the same ...

The word “ambivalent” comes from the roots “ambi” meaning “both” and “valentia” meaning “strength.” To be ambivalent about something is to be pulled in opposite directions. There is nothing ...