Category Archives: Small Press Reviews

Two New Books — Trey Moody, Farid Matuk

Trey Moody‘s Climate Reply, new from New Michigan Press. $9. from Dear Ghosts: 3. Pinecones on the coffee table And this won’t do. One on the stove, one under my bed sheets. You know this just won’t work. If cinnamon … Continue reading

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A Question Mark Above the Sun

Cover image*, A Question Mark Above the Sun: Documents on the Mystery Surrounding a Famous Poem "by" Frank O'Hara *(original cover image suppressed) Kent Johnson‘s new book has now been published, despyte the concerted efforts of a cabal of poets, … Continue reading

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SOUS LES PAVÉS — Or, Print: Why Bother?

I first met Micah Robbins in a class at Texas State on the Romantic poets. In some ways, the issues that came up in the class around poets and publication laid the groundwork for the friendship that followed, as we … Continue reading

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The Ballad of Vincent Giuliano

If you’ve never worked at a library, you might not know this, but people donate books all the time. Stacks, piles, bags, boxes… People who are moving or cleaning out their storage, I guess, and don’t feel like trying to … Continue reading

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Kadar Koli #5

Featuring visual art, translation, and poetry by: Barbara Maloutas, Brenda Ijima, Jane Joritz-Nakagawa, Roger Snell, Nathaniel Mackey, Clifton Riley, Susan Briante, Teresa K. Miller, Kim Gek Lin Short, Warren Craghead, Ammiel Alcalay, Eileen Myles, Richard Owens, Carrie Kaser, Jessica Smith, … Continue reading

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The Haul from Austin

Just returned from a brief vacation in Texas, where, among other things, we got to stay with Dale and Hoa, and see other conspirators from the small press scene like Kyle Schlesinger and Micah Robbins. I came back laden with … Continue reading

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An Introduction to the Prose Poem

A brief note to join the chorus of those praising this new anthology from firewheel editions. Finally, a lucid, helpful, relatively comprehensive collection of prose poetry that will be useful to poets and students alike. Although I find the different … Continue reading

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