Mimetic, et al.

“Mimetic” is my Word of the Day.

Synonymous (yes, at once!) with “echoic,” “apish,” “slavish” and “canned.”

From John D’Agata’s genre-bending, lyrical, US-centered tour of the essay’s recent history: “The Next American Essay.”

Thanks to everyone who reads and follows my blog. It really means

Pictured here are three of Nobel Prize-winning poet Tomas Transtromer’s “Six

Rita Dove was named Poet Laureate of the United States in 1993