Kara Candito is the author of Taste of Cherry (University of Nebraska Press), winner of the 2008 Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry. Her work has been published in such journals and anthologies as Blackbird, AGNI, Prairie Schooner, The Kenyon Review, Gulf Coast, The Rumpus, Best New Poets 2007, The Rumpus Original Poetry Anthology, and A Face to Meet the Faces: An Anthology of Contemporary Persona Poetry. A recipient of scholarships from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, the Vermont Studio Center, and the Santa Fe Arts Institute, Candito is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Wisconsin, Platteville.
Tulum, Mexico Because into every life some sudden lover must slough, like sand through a wet bathing suit, let the burns and abrasions blare reckless witness When he stops to the horny scurrying of ghost crabs when he steps outside to smoke. So right, rifle through his bag to find prayer cards folded accordion style and a couples’ therapy… Read more →
When the CNN reporter asks a woman at the Kabul market why after ten years of liberation do wives still walk behind their husbands, she replies landmines. Sometimes practical answers are the most unimaginable. I was going to say something about the half-mast flag of American exceptionalism, but then the sun came out on this, the last Sunday in May… Read more →