Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Microreviews: Bryan Borland's "Less Fortunate Pirates" and Aaron Smith's "Appetite"

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Generosity can be an unfortunate trait in the poetry world.  One of the most exciting new presses, Sibling Rivalry Press, was created by B...
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Saturday, November 3, 2012

On Jee Leong Koh's "The Pillow Book"

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E mploying the Japanese genre of zuihitsu, Jee Leong Koh's new chapbook The Pillow Book deals with coming out, bad manners, his Singapo...
Sunday, October 28, 2012

On New Books by Cyrus Cassells, Eduardo C. Corral, and Daniel Nathan Terry

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T here's no denying the subject matter is an important one: the role of young people in World War II and the Holocaust.  For the most ...
Monday, August 13, 2012

Summer Reading: Part One

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My next three posts will review some of the books I read this summer.  No matter what my qualms, they inspired me to write about them.    ...
Tuesday, July 3, 2012

On Scott Hightower's "Self-Evident"

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A lways turning in clean work, Scott Hightower is someone who simultaneously is so present in the poetry scene and yet oddly almost undern...
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Thursday, June 7, 2012

Good News: Stephen Burt on D.A. Powell, poetry, and sex at "Boston Review"'s website

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It's wonderful to see a comprehensive critique of a gay writer's poems done in such a thoughtful way.  Here's a passage from...
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Thursday, May 24, 2012

On Jameson Fitzpatrick, Eduardo C. Corral, Alex Dimitrov, and the Lambda Literary Review

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In a creepy faux analysis of Anne Sexton, Jameson Fitzpatrick's article entitled "Anne Sexton, Aesthetics, and the Economy of Beaut...
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