DESTRUCTION MYTH and CREATION MYTHS by MATHIAS SVALINA
EILEEN TABIOS EngagesDestruction Myth by Mathias Svalina(Cleveland State University Poetry Center, Cleveland, OH, 2010)andCreation Myths by Mathias Svalina(New Michigan Press, Grand Rapids, 2007)Once...
View ArticleTAKE IT by JOSHUA BECKMAN
CRAG HILL EngagesTake It by Joshua Beckman(Wave Books, Seattle, 2009)1. I weigh the flour and water, which I recommend, because depending on your measuring cups (and/or measuring skill) poems can vary...
View ArticleAS IF FREE by BURT KIMMELMAN
WILLIAM ALLEGREZZA ReviewsAs if Free by Burt Kimmelman(Talisman House, Jersey City, 2009) Burt Kimmelman’s book As if Free is the type I just fall into, and by that I mean that once I started reading...
View ArticlePOEMS OF THE BLACK OBJECT by RONALDO V. WILSON
JAI ARUN RAVINE ReviewsPOEMS OF THE BLACK OBJECT by RONALDO V. WILSON(Futurepoem Books, New York, 2009)In the opening circle of the 2009 Kundiman poetry retreat, Ronaldo V. Wilson was thinking about...
View ArticleBOOK MADE OF FOREST by JARED STANLEY
HARRY THORNE ReviewsBook Made of Forest by Jared Stanley(Salt, Cambridge, U.K., 2009)Dirt, Weeds and Heavy MetalJared Stanley’s first full-length volume of poetry, Book Made of Forest, won Salt...
View ArticleBOOKS by and on CHARLES BAUDELAIRE AND ARTHUR RIMBAUD
JOHN HERBERT CUNNINGHAM ReviewsCharles Baudelaire by Rosemary Lloyd(Reaktion Books, London, 2008)The Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire, translated by Keith Waldrop(Wesleyan University Press,...
View ArticleNTST: THE COLLECTED PWOERMDS OF GEOF HUTH
EILEEN TABIOS Engagesntst: the collected pwoermds of Geof Huth(if p then q, Manchester, U.K., 2010)ntst is one of the funnest poetry reads I’ve experienced: a veritable nest of fun! Every single...
View ArticleMANHATTEN by SARAH ROSENTHAL
DELIA TRAMONTINA ReviewsManhatten by Sarah Rosenthal(Spuyten Duvil Press, 2009)Memory and Storytelling: A review of Sarah Rosenthal’s ManhattenSarah Rosenthal’s Manhatten recounts a woman’s...
View ArticleCATALOGUE OF BURNT TEXT by TIMOTHY DAVID ORME
PETRA BACKONJA ReviewsCatalogue of Burnt Text by Timothy David Orme(BlazeVOX, Buffalo, N.Y., 2009) whereupon alone by the leaving tree I sit…Pay attention to the trees and...
View ArticleTHE FAT SHEEP EVERYONE WANTS by BERN MULVEY
PEG DUTHIE EngagesThe Fat Sheep Everyone Wants by Bern Mulvey(Cleveland State University Poetry Center, Cleveland, Ohio, 2008)In one of my former incarnations, I was a buyer for an international...
View ArticleGENJI MONOGATARI by MARK YOUNG (2)
EILEEN TABIOS EngagesGenji Monogatari by Mark Young(Otoliths, Rockhampton, Australia, 2010)I usually appreciate poems that, while addressing whatever it is they address, can’t help but also reveal an...
View ArticleGENJI MONOGATARI by MARK YOUNG (1)
THOMAS FINK ReviewsGenji Monogatari by Mark Young(Otoliths, Rockhampton, Australia, 2010)I had the privilege of selecting the poems and writing an introduction for Mark Young’s Pelican Dreaming: Poems...
View ArticleGRIEF SUITE by BOBBI LURIE
JOEY MADIA ReviewsGrief Suite by Bobbi Lurie(CW Books, Cincinnati, OH, 2010)“To Look Death in the Eye”Bobbi Lurie’s third book of poems is sometimes hard to read. To look honestly at Death, that’s how...
View ArticleNEW EXERCISES by FRANK ANDRE JAMME
FIONA SZE-LORRAIN ReviewsNew Exercises by Franck André Jamme, Translated from the French by Charles Borkhuis(Wave Books, Seattle, WA, 2008)Novel and Ancient: Capturing Word Mysteries The English...
View ArticleBHARAT JIVA by kari edwards; NO GENDER: REFLECTIONS ON THE LIFE & WORK OF...
EILEEN TABIOS Engageskari edwards: NO GENDER (Reflections on the Life and Work of kari edwards), Edited by Julian Brolaski, erica kaufman & E. Tracy Grinnell. (Includes Cara Benson, Frances Blau,...
View ArticleBHARAT JIVA by kari edwards; NO GENDER: REFLECTIONS ON THE LIFE & WORK OF...
TOM BECKETT ReviewsBharat jiva by kari edwards(a Venn Diagram Production by Litmus Press / Belladonna Books, Brooklyn, New York, 2009)Andkari edwards: NO GENDER (Reflections on the Life and Work of...
View ArticleBOOKS on and by ANDRE BRETON and PHILIP LAMANTIA
JOHN HERBERT CUNNINGHAM ReviewsSelections by André Breton, edited and with an introduction by Mark Polizzotti(University of California Press, Berkeley 2003)Martinique: Snake Charmer by André Breton,...
View ArticleCHAPS by JULIET COOK, LUCY HARVEST CLARKE, NICOLE MAURO, DANA WARD, JOSEPH...
JIM MCCRARY ReviewsMondo Crampo by Juliet Cook(dusie kollektiv, 2008)Silveronda by Lucy Harvest Clarke(if p then q classics, Manchester, England, 2009)The Contortions by Nicole Mauro(dusie press,...
View ArticlePOESIE DER ENTSCHLEUNIGUNG: EIN LESEBUCH by ROBERT LAX
RICHARD KOSTELANETZ ReviewsPoesie der Entschleunigung: Ein Lesebuch by Robert Lax, Ed. Sigrid Hauff(Pendo Verlag, Munich & Zurich, 2008)ROBERT LAX AGAINRobert Lax (1915-2000) for me epitomized the...
View ArticleTHE LAST 4 THINGS by KATE GREENSTREET
KRISTEN ORSER ReviewsThe Last 4 Things by Kate Greenstreet(Ahsahta Press, Boise, Idaho, 2009. Includes DVD)What happens when you place things side by side, when even ideas become objects to put next to...
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