*check out Stephen Vincent’s blog; he is posting a work in progress The First 100 Days of President Obama (haptics & reflective commentary, including poetry & art reviews in context.) *
Two Announcements: Hooke Press & Wood Coin
*Announcing another fabulous little chapbook from Hooke Press: I AM A FURIOUS LITTLE BEEby Alda MeriniTranslation & introduction by Carla Billitteri $10.00 list priceSpecial Online Price = $846pp Printed in an edition of 200 in October of 2008Alda Merini is…
Poetry: Caroline Crumpacker
September 26: 90 Degrees and RisingSallow afternoon of girls around the perimeterRemember she preferred the silent playground incipient identities:she preferred the lesser intercourses the classic picnic table framing herresistance as social critique.Remember she preferred offering, a body on hers, the…
Pierre Joris’ Best Books of 2008
check out pierre joris’ blog where he selected an Omnidawn book as one of his best reads of 2008: Friedrich Hölderlin | Selected Poems | translated by Maxine Chernoff & Paul Hoover| Omnidawn 2008. My blurb for the book: “More…
Announcements!
* check out the Lana Turner Journal! * check out POEMS FOR THE FIRST 100 DAYS! * check out anne boyer’s mention of lyn hejinian’s SAGA/CIRCUS! * check out Eileen Tabios’ new book: ANNOUNCEMENT FROM AHADADA BOOKS NOTA BENE EISWEINPoetry…
Poetry: James Belflower
from FRIEND OF MIES VAN DER ROHEIn Canaan night, tent lanterns along both clineswomen and children on one, the shuddering river between and on an othermy brother’s hand turns our gifton another side— That night Jacob waited alone. “Let me…