Hi all. You may have seen this circulating around social media already, but in their latest issue the LRB (London Review of Books) published an essay on Instapoetry. Many poets and critics, myself included, have observed issues with the way this essay flattens the genre, lacks informed context, and condescends both to the writers and … Continue reading ‘Instapoetry’ in the LRB: Towards a Better Criticism of Popular Poetics