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All That Glitters: I Wanted Matthew McConaughey's Poetry Collection to Surprise Me. It Didn't.
The actor's collection of poetry aims at profundity, but when you aim directly at it, it's kind of like staring at the sun.
 • Caitlin Cowan
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and the Case of the Douchebag "Poet"
Justin Theroux is here to piss us off.
 • Caitlin Cowan
Taylor Swift Is Not Your English Teacher
I tried to let it go, but alas.
 • Caitlin Cowan
Hello Again from PopPoetry!
Proof of Life
 • Caitlin Cowan
What Poem Would You Read to a Zombie?
The Walking Dead's spinoff series, Daryl Dixon, has an answer.
 • Caitlin Cowan
The New Trailer for 28 Years Later Is Incredibly Disturbing, and We Have a Poet to Thank for That
The dark history of the 1903 poem that serves as a soundtrack to the first look at Danny Boyle's horror threequel.
 • Caitlin Cowan
What Would Walt Whitman Do?
You might not want another take on the 2024 election result, but it's my duty to write it anyway.
 • Caitlin Cowan
My Substack Summer, Just in Time for Fall
I took time off from writing PopPoetry this summer, but I still spent some time reading some great Substacks you might enjoy, too!
 • Caitlin Cowan
Teaching PopPoetry
Stymied by your fall lesson planning? Dr. Jenny Molberg offers up her full course syllabus based on PopPoetry and discusses why her students love the…
 • Jenny Molberg
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Pop culture meets poetry: explainers, author interviews, book reviews, & exercises for the creative mind and writers of all kinds. Written by Caitlin Cowan.
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