Poetry: 2011 Open Book Prize Finalists

This week we also feature new work from the five finalists for the 2011 Omnidawn Open Book Contest: Anne Cecelia Holmes β€” All the Good in the World Starts Now Jill Darling β€” A Geography of Syntax Matt Reeck β€”…

Poetry: Brett Fletcher Lauer

The Gentle Sleep Empty I slept, remembering how others feared sleep, feared the likeness between a fading consciousness and permanent escape drifting out past smoke, past particles of last-call conversations. It’s uneasy this waking life, but drugs work quickly

Barbara Claire Freeman interviews Andrew Wessels

Andrew Wessels has lived in Houston, Cambridge, and Las Vegas, where he held the John Cobain Fellowship from Black Mountain Institute. Currently, he splits his time between Istanbul and Los Angeles. His poems, translations, and collaborations can recently be found…