A IS FOR ANNE by PENELOPE SCAMBLY SCHOTT
MOIRA RICHARDS ReviewsA is for Anne by Penelope Scambly Schott(Turning Point, Cincinnati, OH, 2007)What more enticing way to learn history than through poetry? Penelope Scambly Schott’s A is for Anne...
View ArticleNOT BLESSED by HAROLD ABRAMOWITZ
ALLEN BRAMHALL ReviewsNot Blessed by Harold Abramowitz(Trenchart: The Maneuvers Series, Les Figues Press, Los Angeles, 2010)This unusual book tells a story, and tells it again and again. That story...
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2ND NOTICE OF MODIFICATIONS TO TEXT OF PROPOSED REGULATIONS by JOHN...
EILEEN TABIOS Engages2ND NOTICE OF MODIFICATIONS TO TEXT OF PROPOSED REGULATIONS by John Bloomberg-Rissman(Laughing Ouch Cube Publications / Leafe Press, Nottingham, U.K. and Claremont, CA, 2010)Things...
View ArticleCOLLECTED POEMS by DYLAN THOMAS
JOHN HERBERT CUNNINGHAM Reviews Collected Poems by Dylan ThomasWith introduction by Paul Muldoon(New Directions, New York, 2010)Two or three years ago, I attended the Winnipeg New Music Festival. One...
View ArticleTWO HAY(NA)KU ANTHOLOGIES edited/curated by IVY ALVAREZ, JOHN...
AILEEN IBARDALOZA ReviewsThe Chained Hay(na)ku Project, Curated by Ivy Alvarez, John Bloomberg-Rissman, Ernesto Priego & Eileen Tabios(Meritage Press, St. Helena & San Francisco and xPress(ed),...
View ArticleNETS by JEN BERVIN and THE MS OF M Y KIN by JANET HOLMES
GENEVIEVE KAPLAN ReviewsNets by Jen Bervin(Ugly Duckling Press, Brooklyn, 2005)andTHE MS OF M Y KIN by Janet Holmes(Shearsman Books, Exeter, U.K., 2009)Even at first glance, Nets is a very appealing...
View Article100 NOTES ON VIOLENCE by JULIE CARR
JON CURLEY Reviews 100 Notes on Violence by Julie Carr(Ahsata Press, Boise, Idaho, 2010)The dark meditations of 100 Notes on Violence depend on instantiations and acculturation of recollected and...
View ArticleESCHATON by MICHAEL HELLER
ERIC HOFFMAN ReviewsEschaton by Michael Heller(Talisman House, Jersey City, N.J., 2009)Midrashic Explorer“I think the world is very big, and a piece of canvas is very small.” – George OppenMichael...
View Article1000 SONNETS by TIM ATKINS
EILEEN TABIOS Engages1000 SONNETS by Tim Atkins(if p then q, Manchester, U.K., 2010)I thought that if I could put it all down, that would be one way. And next the thought came to me that to leave all...
View ArticleSITUATIONS by LAURA CARTER
ALLEN BRAMHALL ReviewsSituations by Laura Carter(Available for download at Ungovernable Press, 2008)This chapbook-length work by Laura Carter brings up issues of narrative that we of the Post-Ante...
View ArticleFIRE EXIT by ROBERT KELLY
BARBARA ROETHER ReviewsFire Exit by Robert Kelly(Black Widow Press, Boston, MA, 2009)It’s difficult to talk about a new book by Robert Kelly without considering the fifty books of poetry that have come...
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"EL DORADO" by EDGAR ALLAN POE
MICHAEL POLLOCK Engages"El Dorado" by Edgar Allan Poe, Spanish translation by Mario Murgia inEL CURVO y otros poemas by Edgar Allan Poe, Edicion bilingue with Traduccion del proyecto Helbardot and...
View ArticleNEIGHBOR by RACHEL LEVITSKY
HARRY THORNE ReviewsNeighbor by Rachel Levitsky(Ugly Duckling Press, Brooklyn, N.Y., 2009)Love Thy Mystery NeighborAs I write this, I can hear my neighbors across the street talking loudly and opening...
View ArticleUNTAM'D WING: RIFFS ON ROMANTIC POETRY by JEFFREY C. ROBINSON
PATRICK JAMES DUNAGAN ReviewsUNTAM’D WING: Riffs on Romantic Poetry by Jeffrey C. Robinson(Station Hill of Barrytown, 2010)LETTER TO GLASGOW, 12-03-2010“Someone said it… no great art without great...
View ArticleTHE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF GRAVITY AND GRACE by ERNESTO PRIEGO
PEG DUTHIE Engagesthe amazing adventures of Gravity and Grace by Ernesto Priego(Otoliths, Rockhampton, Australia, 2009)Quirky, yet profound. Template-bound, yet idiosyncratic. Sandman meets xkcd. The...
View ArticleAS IT TURNED OUT by DMITRY GOLYNKO
ERIC DICKEY ReviewsAs It Turned Out by Dmitry Golynko, Edited by Eugene Ostashevsky. Translated by Eugene Ostashevsky and Rebecca Bella with Simona Schneider.(Ugly Duckling Presse, Brooklyn, N.Y.,...
View ArticleVANCOUVER: A POEM by GEORGE STANLEY and IN THE MILLENIUM by BARRY MCKINNON
T.C. MARSHALL ReviewsVancouver: A Poem by George Stanley(New Star, Vancouver, 2008)and in the millenium by Barry McKinnon(New Star, Vancouver, 2009)TWO PLEASEAfter the Olympics were over, I realized...
View ArticleMONEY FOR SUNSETS by ELIZABETH J. COLEN
KATHRYN K. STEVENSON Reviews Money for Sunsets by Elizabeth J. Colen(Steel Toe Books, Bowling Green, KY, 2010)Money for Sunsets, the debut poetry collection from Pacific Northwest writer Elizabeth J....
View ArticleSELECTED POEMS OF GARCILASO DE LA VEGA edited & translated by JOHN DENT-YOUNG
JOHN HERBERT CUNNINGHAM ReviewsSelected Poems of Garcilaso de la Vega edited and translated by John Dent-Young(The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2009)Although, as Dent-Young in his introduction...
View ArticleHAD SLAVES by CATHERINE SASANOV
EILEEN TABIOS EngagesHad Slaves by Catherine Sasanov(Firewheel Editions, Danbury, CT, 2010)This book writes itself—by this, I mean that there’s a sense of urgency in the words rushing out to imprint...
View ArticleAUTOPSY TURVY by THOMAS FINK & MAYA DIABLO MASON (1)
JON CURLEY Reviews Autopsy Turvy by Thomas Fink and Maya Diablo Mason(Meritage Press, San Franciso & St. Helena, CA, 2010)Collaboration by two poets defies mathematical formulation: the dyad is...
View ArticleDEAR SANDY, HELLO: LETTERS FROM TED TO SANDY BERRIGAN, Edited by SANDY...
PATRICK JAMES DUNAGAN ReviewsDear Sandy, Hello: Letters from Ted to Sandy Berrigan edited by Sandy Berrigan and Ron Padgett(Coffee House Press, Minneapolis, Minn. 2010)A brief recounting of the events...
View ArticleSALINE by KIMBERLY LYONS
CAMILLE MARTIN ReviewsSaline by Kimberly Lyons(Instance Press, Boulder, CO, 2005)Kimberly Lyons’ Fleeting ContinuumThe problem (and pleasure) of reviewing a book of poetry by Kimberly Lyons is that a...
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EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION
Of course, I’d like to share my son Michael’s first published poem, HERE! Here is Michael taking over a dog bed to read Achilles a story -- well, at least he's got a book in one hand ... along with ice...
View ArticleIssue No. 15 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Dec. 7, 2010[N.B. You can click on highlighted names or titles to go directly to the referenced article.]EDITOR’S INTRODUCTIONBy Eileen TabiosNEW REVIEWSCamille Martin reviews SALINE by Kimberly Lyons...
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