Blog: What Poems Mean

Russell Edson’s “The Adventures of a Turtle”: a Cute Spin on Meaninglessness

I went to a state school, Auburn University, and when I first arrived, I hated it. I had hoped to go away to some tiny, pricey school replete with drum circles and dudes who dressed like beat poets (unironic berets and all). Grimeses are congenitally frugal, though, so I couldn’t bring myself to do it.… Continue reading Russell Edson’s “The Adventures of a Turtle”: a Cute Spin on Meaninglessness