{"id":3898,"date":"2014-02-04T10:15:31","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T14:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=3898"},"modified":"2022-03-24T11:19:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T15:19:58","slug":"free-beer-among-the-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/free-beer-among-the-best\/","title":{"rendered":"FREE BEER Among the BEST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3899 size-full\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013.jpg\" alt=\"Kalamazoo College Writer in Residence Di Seuss\" width=\"160\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a>Writer in Residence <strong>Di Seuss<\/strong>\u2019s poem &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.missourireview.com\/archives\/diane-seuss-free-beer\/\">Free Beer<\/a>,&#8221; originally published in the <em>Missouri Review<\/em>, was selected by Terrance Hayes for the Best American Poetry anthology, which is due out in September of this year. When the poem appeared in Missouri Review, Di included an author\u2019s note. &#8220;As I child,&#8221; she wrote, &#8220;I lured adults to my puppet show by offering free beer.\u00a0 We didn\u2019t have the money for beer or puppets.\u00a0 I wasn\u2019t lying; I was imagining, which is a form of hope.&#8221; Di\u2019s second book of poems, <em>Wolf Lake, White Gown Blown Open<\/em>, received the Juniper Prize for Poetry. Her third book, <em>Four-Legged Girl<\/em>, is forthcoming from Graywolf Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writer in Residence Di Seuss\u2019s poem &#8220;Free Beer,&#8221; originally published in the Missouri Review, was selected by Terrance Hayes for the Best American Poetry anthology, which is due out in September of this year. When the poem appeared in Missouri Review, Di included an author\u2019s note. &#8220;As I child,&#8221; she wrote, &#8220;I lured adults to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[233],"tags":[42,54,39,112],"post_formats":[],"class_list":["post-3898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-staff","tag-arts","tag-english","tag-faculty","tag-poetry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>FREE BEER Among the BEST - News and Events<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Writer in Residence Di Seuss\u2019s poem &quot;Free Beer,&quot; originally published in the Missouri Review, was selected by Terrance Hayes for the Best American Poetry\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/free-beer-among-the-best\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FREE BEER Among the BEST - News and Events\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Writer in Residence Di Seuss\u2019s poem &quot;Free Beer,&quot; originally published in the Missouri Review, was selected by Terrance Hayes for the Best American Poetry\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/free-beer-among-the-best\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News and Events\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KalamazooCollege\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-02-04T14:15:31+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-03-24T15:19:58+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"160\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"205\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jim Van Sweden\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@kcollege\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@kcollege\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jim Van Sweden\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/free-beer-among-the-best\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/free-beer-among-the-best\/\",\"name\":\"FREE BEER Among the BEST - News and Events\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/free-beer-among-the-best\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/free-beer-among-the-best\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-02-04T14:15:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-24T15:19:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/33b812ef7fd17031ab566856049c97af\"},\"description\":\"Writer in Residence Di Seuss\u2019s poem \\\"Free Beer,\\\" originally published in the Missouri Review, was selected by Terrance Hayes for the Best American Poetry\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/free-beer-among-the-best\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/free-beer-among-the-best\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/free-beer-among-the-best\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013.jpg\",\"width\":\"160\",\"height\":\"205\",\"caption\":\"Portrait of Kalamazoo College Professor Diane Seuss\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/free-beer-among-the-best\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"FREE BEER Among the BEST\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/\",\"name\":\"News and Events\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/33b812ef7fd17031ab566856049c97af\",\"name\":\"Jim Van Sweden\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25d851921c00e5d3b76e386535f86c38?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25d851921c00e5d3b76e386535f86c38?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jim Van Sweden\"},\"description\":\"Director, College Communications\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"FREE BEER Among the BEST - News and Events","description":"Writer in Residence Di Seuss\u2019s poem \"Free Beer,\" originally published in the Missouri Review, was selected by Terrance Hayes for the Best American Poetry","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/free-beer-among-the-best\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"FREE BEER Among the BEST - News and Events","og_description":"Writer in Residence Di Seuss\u2019s poem \"Free Beer,\" originally published in the Missouri Review, was selected by Terrance Hayes for the Best American Poetry","og_url":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/free-beer-among-the-best\/","og_site_name":"News and Events","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KalamazooCollege","article_published_time":"2014-02-04T14:15:31+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-03-24T15:19:58+00:00","og_image":[{"width":"160","height":"205","url":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jim Van Sweden","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@kcollege","twitter_site":"@kcollege","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jim Van Sweden","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/free-beer-among-the-best\/","url":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/free-beer-among-the-best\/","name":"FREE BEER Among the BEST - News and Events","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/free-beer-among-the-best\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/free-beer-among-the-best\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013.jpg","datePublished":"2014-02-04T14:15:31+00:00","dateModified":"2022-03-24T15:19:58+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/33b812ef7fd17031ab566856049c97af"},"description":"Writer in Residence Di Seuss\u2019s poem \"Free Beer,\" originally published in the Missouri Review, was selected by Terrance Hayes for the Best American Poetry","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/free-beer-among-the-best\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/free-beer-among-the-best\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/free-beer-among-the-best\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013.jpg","width":"160","height":"205","caption":"Portrait of Kalamazoo College Professor Diane Seuss"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/free-beer-among-the-best\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"FREE BEER Among the BEST"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/","name":"News and Events","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/33b812ef7fd17031ab566856049c97af","name":"Jim Van Sweden","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25d851921c00e5d3b76e386535f86c38?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25d851921c00e5d3b76e386535f86c38?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jim Van Sweden"},"description":"Director, College Communications"}]}},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Jim Van Sweden","author_link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/author\/jvsweden\/"},"guten_post_layout_featured_media_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013.jpg",160,205,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013.jpg",160,205,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013.jpg","160","205",false],"large":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013.jpg",160,205,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013.jpg",160,205,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013.jpg",160,205,false],"ab-block-post-grid-landscape":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013.jpg",160,205,false],"ab-block-post-grid-square":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013.jpg",160,205,false],"pl-blogpost-landscape":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013.jpg",160,205,false],"pl-blogpost-square":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013.jpg",160,205,false],"guten_post_layout_landscape_large":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013.jpg",160,205,false],"guten_post_layout_portrait_large":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013.jpg",160,205,false],"guten_post_layout_square_large":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013.jpg",160,205,false],"guten_post_layout_landscape":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013.jpg",160,205,false],"guten_post_layout_portrait":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013.jpg",160,205,false],"guten_post_layout_square":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013.jpg",160,205,false],"campus-posts-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013.jpg",160,205,false],"gform-image-choice-sm":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013.jpg",160,205,false],"gform-image-choice-md":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013.jpg",160,205,false],"gform-image-choice-lg":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013.jpg",160,205,false]},"category_info":"<a aria-label=\"archive of category Faculty &amp; Staff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/category\/faculty-staff\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Faculty &amp; Staff<\/a>","tags_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/tag\/arts\/\" rel=\"tag\">arts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/tag\/english\/\" rel=\"tag\">English<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/tag\/faculty\/\" rel=\"tag\">faculty<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/tag\/poetry\/\" rel=\"tag\">poetry<\/a>","social_share_info":"<a data-share=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/free-beer-among-the-best\/\" class=\"pl-facebook-share social-share-default pl-social-share\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook-f\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a data-share=\"twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/free-beer-among-the-best\/\" class=\"pl-twiiter-share social-share-default pl-social-share\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a data-share=\"linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?url=https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/free-beer-among-the-best\/\" class=\"pl-linkedin-share social-share-default pl-social-share\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin-in\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>","wordExcerpt_info":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3899 size-full\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/euss_diane_2013.jpg\" alt=\"Kalamazoo College Writer in Residence Di Seuss\" width=\"160\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a>Writer in Residence <strong>Di Seuss<\/strong>\u2019s poem &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.missourireview.com\/archives\/diane-seuss-free-beer\/\">Free Beer<\/a>,&#8221; originally published in the <em>Missouri Review<\/em>, was selected by Terrance Hayes for the Best American Poetry anthology, which is due out in September of this year. When the poem appeared in Missouri Review, Di included an author\u2019s note. &#8220;As I child,&#8221; she wrote, &#8220;I lured adults to my puppet show by offering free beer.\u00a0 We didn\u2019t have the money for beer or puppets.\u00a0 I wasn\u2019t lying; I was imagining, which is a form of hope.&#8221; Di\u2019s second book of poems, <em>Wolf Lake, White Gown Blown Open<\/em>, received the Juniper Prize for Poetry. Her third book, <em>Four-Legged Girl<\/em>, is forthcoming from Graywolf Press.<\/p>\n","comment_info":"No Comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3898"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9872,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3898\/revisions\/9872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3898"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=3898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}