Archive for April, 2009
Monday, April 20th, 2009
THE BOATLOADS by Dan Albergotti
Review by Kerry Krouse THE BOATLOADS by Dan Albergotti BOA Editions, Ltd 250 N. Goodman St, Suite 306 Rochester, NY 14607 ISBN 978-1-934414-03-3 2008, 96 pp., $16.00 www.boaeditions.org We like for things to be orderly—for our houses to shine and our gardens to be weedless. We want the world to be as easy and knowable [...]
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Sunday, April 19th, 2009
“The Edge” by Marco A. Domínguez
Marco A. Domínguez THE EDGE for Dennis Covington I never talk of the last time I saw my grandfather in a hospital bed, waiting to die with lines of staples crossing his stomach. Most days I wish to forget the edges of those staples gripping his skin together and closing the [...]
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Saturday, April 18th, 2009
“On the Self and Others” by Gary Lehmann
Gary Lehmann ON THE SELF AND OTHERS: SOME THOUGHTS ON THE CRAFT OF POETRY When I first started writing poetry, I began writing about the most interesting subject in the world. Me. I had loves and hates, deep disgust and infinite wonder to share. It was all about me. Me, me and more me. I [...]
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Friday, April 17th, 2009
“The Branches Are Full and These Orchards Heavy” by Anis Mojgani
Anis Mojgani THE BRANCHES ARE FULL AND THESE ORCHARDS HEAVY gentlemen have you forgotten your god? He weeps out loud waiting for our dreams to grow like ears while you are making ghosts out of people making ghosts from your torah your koran your bibles we have shaved our books down swallowed them so that [...]
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Thursday, April 16th, 2009
“My 3rd 9AM Appointment with the University’s Writer-in-Residence” by Karyna McGlynn
Karyna McGlynn MY 3RD 9AM APPOINTMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY’S WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE “A few years back,” he says, “I was badly blocked. I couldn’t write a goddamn thing to save my life. So, Allen calls me up (Allen Ginsberg that is—good friend of mine, great poet) and he says, ‘Michael, what you need is to get out [...]
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
“MODERN HISTORY: PROSE POEMS 1987-2007″ by Christopher Buckley
Review by Natasha Kochicheril Moni MODERN HISTORY: PROSE POEMS 1987-2007 by Christopher Buckley Tupelo Press P.O. Box 539 Dorset, VT 0525 ISBN 978-1-932195-68-2 2008, 103 pp., $16.95 www.tupelopress.org From light/humorous to contemplative/explorative to moments of poetic grace as in “I would have waited patiently/as always—like salt dissolving from the sea, like air gathering to be/somewhere [...]
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Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
“The Whole Chalupa” by Jack McCarthy
Jack McCarthy THE WHOLE CHALUPA There’s an educational controversy raging in Massachusetts over the “MCAS” tests, a series of standardized tests that students have to pass before they can get a high school diploma. So I’m on my way to work, jumping around the AM dial, trying to get last night’s Red Sox score from [...]
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Monday, April 13th, 2009
“What Teachers Make (Or, If Things Don’t Work Out You Can Always Go To Law School” by Taylor Mali
Taylor Mali WHAT TEACHERS MAKE (OR, IF THINGS DON’T WORK OUT YOU CAN ALWAYS GO TO LAW SCHOOL) He says the problem with teachers is What’s a kid going to learn from someone who decided his best option in life was to become a teacher? He reminds the other dinner guests that it’s true what [...]
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Sunday, April 12th, 2009
“Loss and More Loss” by Gregory Orr and Trisha Orr
TRISHA ORR: “These paintings were generated in response to an invitation to collaborate with my husband, the poet Gregory Orr, for an exhibit entitled ‘Love Letter Invitational’ at the Second Street Gallery in Charlottesville, Virginia. The exhibit consisted of collaborative works done by writers and artists on the subject of ‘love.’ Greg and I had [...]
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Friday, April 10th, 2009
AMERICA IS HIDING UNDER MY BED by Julia Vinograd
Review by Mary Meriam AMERICA IS HIDING UNDER MY BED by Julia Vinograd Zeitgeist Press 1630 University Avenue #34 Berkeley, CA 94703 ISBN 0-929730-84-x 2008, 70 pp., $8.95 www.zeitgeist-press.com The cover of Julia Vinograd’s new book of poems, America Is Hiding Under My Bed, is graced by a lively, loving portrait of Julia, painted by [...]
