Donna Stonecipher The Spectacle

"I couldn’t think of anything much more self-destructive for a MFA candidate to do than to start churning out poems with titles such as 'I Am ‘So’ Stupid,' 'Lick My Face,' 'My Kangaroo,' 'Everything Nice Has a Crafted Satin Finish,' 'Squid Versus Ass Clown,' and 'Juan Valdez Has a Little Juan Valdez (i.e. Energy Cannon) in His Pants.' Such titles are, well, just plain bad. They evoke a suburban twelve year old’s fumbling misguided attempts to shock her parents." Brian M. Reed in conversation with Kevin Eagan • Critical Margins