Debates swirling around Clint Eastwood’s movie “American Sniper,” based on the memoir of U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, point to a deep ambivalence over the role of the military sniper, whose job it is to ...

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 ...

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 ...