SHANE MCCRAE
Shane McCrae’s most recent book of poetry is The Many Hundreds of the Scent. His memoir, Pulling the Chariot of the Sun, was published in 2023. His awards and fellowships include a Lannan Literary Award, a Whiting Writer's Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He lives in New York City. McCrae can be found Twitter and Instagram: @akasomeguy
Now killing bad guys isn’t an exact / Science believe me folks I wish it were
Every poem — actually every poem — was incomprehensible to me. And if I hadn’t found poems incomprehensible, and as a result read as many poems as I possibly could, I wouldn’t have the life I have now. And I’m happy in my life. I’m better for the difficult poems I’ve struggled with.
September 16, 2024