Lynda Barry

Lynda Barry, author of, among other things, the comic strip Ernie Pook's Comeek and the novel Cruddy, has written a wonderful "View From Here" feature for this month's Poetry Magazine called "Poetry is a Dumb-Ass Spider." And in a Poetry video, she sings Emily Dickinson, recites haiku, explains how poetry smells, and insists that memorizing poetry can keep you alive and well. Watch it here.