Our special three-part series on the work of Jack Collom concludes with an essay and poem from his latest book, Second Nature, now available from Instance Press. We would once again like to thank Elizabeth Robinson for sharing Jack’s work…
Poetry: Dan Beachy-Quick
You Must Speak if Echo is Who You Love I’m just one of many suitors, maybe the least, maybe the one who speaks the smallest words—“yes” and “no”— as if each were a knob in the air that turned returns…
Poetry: Andrew Zawacki
OTHEREARTHLY SONNET Sashes open, a blouse flutters white Diffraction artifacts Morning in the Place des Vosges—perlite Sunlight baccarats the garden’s 10-blade diaphragm—, you Tipple through the blanched arcades a Banshee beauty Parlor curler Left plugged in too long
Jaime Robles: “Brenda Coultas: On The Transmigration of Objects”
Jaime Robles’ essay on Brenda Coultas is part of a collection of essays currently being edited and compiled by Elizabeth Robinson and Jennifer Phelps. The essays in this volume, Quo Anima, consider innovative contemporary poetry by women in relation to…
Rusty Morrison interviews Bradford Morrow
Bradford Morrow is the author of the novels Come Sunday, The Almanac Branch (PEN/Faulkner finalist), Trinity Fields, Giovanni’s Gift, Ariel’s Crossing, and The Diviner’s Tale as well as the short story collection, The Uninnocent. Founding editor of the literary journal…
A Conversation with Jack Collom
In the second part of our three-issue celebration of Jack Collom’s work, we are proud to present this special interview with Jack Collom from Elizabeth Robinson. Jack Collom was born in Chicago in 1931. Jack has had 24 books of…