INDEX
This blog was created to offer a single link through which readers may access all issues of GALATEA RESURRECTS (A POETRY ENGAGEMENT). For even more convenience, each issue's Table of Contents is replicated in prior posts below. To wit:
Issue #12, May 20, 2009:
http://galatearesurrection12.blogspot.com
Issue #11, December 17, 2008:
http://galatearesurrection11.blogspot.com
Issue #10, July 31, 2008:
http://galatearesurrection10.blogspot.com
Issue #9, March 31, 2008:
http://galatearesurrection9.blogspot.com
Issue #8, November 30, 2007:
http://galatearesurrection8.blogspot.com
Issue #7, August 31, 2007:
http://galatearesurrection7.blogspot.com
Issue #6, May 24, 2007:
http://galatearesurrection6.blogspot.com
Issue #5, February 14, 2007:
http://galatearesurrection5.blogspot.com
Issue #4, November 30, 2006:
http://galatearesurrection4.blogspot.com
Issue #3, August 24, 2006:
http://galatearesurrection3.blogspot.com
Issue #2, May 17, 2006:
http://galatearesurrection2.blogspot.com
Inaugural Issue, March 15, 2006:
http://galatearesurrection.blogspot.com
THE INDEX TO GALATEA RESURRECTS
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
ISSUE NO. 12 TABLE OF CONTENTS
May 20, 2009
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EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
By Eileen Tabios
NEW REVIEWS
Thomas Fink reviews 237 MORE REASONS TO HAVE SEX by Denise Duhamel & Sandy McIntosh
Kristin Berkey-Abbott reviews 237 MORE REASONS TO HAVE SEX by Denise Duhamel & Sandy McIntosh
John Herbert Cunningham reviews CONEY ISLAND OF THE MIND: 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, ABOUT NOW: COLLECTED POEMS OF JOANNE KYGER by Joanne Kyger, and THE COLLECTED POEMS OF PHILIP WHALEN BY PHILIP WHALEN Edited by Michael Rothenberg
Nic Sebastian reviews HARLOT by Jill Alexander Essbaum
Tom Hibbard reviews ENDGAMES by Márton Koppány
Amber DiPietra reviews OCCUPATIONAL TREATMENT by Taylor Brady
Rebecca Guyon reviews MOONGARDEN by Anthony McCann
Angela Genusa reviews MAXIMUM GAGA by Lara Glenum
Eileen Tabios engages OBSOLETE—AN ALPHABET OF POEMS INSPIRED BY DEAD WORDS by Katie Haegele
John Herbert Cunningham reviews CONTEMPORARY POETICS edited by Louis Armand, PRIOR TO MEANING: THE PROTOSEMANTIC AND POETICS by Steve McCaffery, and PATAPHYSICS: THE POETICS OF AN IMAGINARY SPACE by Christian Bök
Tom Hibbard reviews FRAGILE REPLACEMENTS by William Allegrezza
Kristina Marie Darling reviews THE HOUSE IN THE HEART by Willie James King
Garrett Caples reviews MARTINIQUE: SNAKE CHARMER by André Breton
Michael Caylo-Baradi reviews HUMAN CATHEDRALS by John Sweet
Thomas Fink reviews HISTORY OF THE COMMON SCALE by Edward Foster
Eileen Tabios engages DISCLOSURE by Dana Teen Lomax
Fiona Sze-Lorrain reviews THE HEAVEN-SENT LEAF by Katy Lederer
Richard Lopez reviews ALL ROADS...BUT THIS ONE by Jon Cone, Claudie Grinnell, klipschutz and Albert Sgambati
John Bloomberg-Rissman reviews POEMS FOR THE MILLENIUM VOLUME THREE edited by Jerome Rothenberg and Jeffrey C Robinson
Eric Gelsinger reviews TIME MACHINE by Ric Royer
Jeff Harrison reviews NOSERING CELLPHONE by Lanny Quarles
Jean Vengua engages KATA by James Maughn and KALI'S BLADE by Michelle Bautista
Nicole Mauro reviews [LAPSED INSEL WEARY] by Susana Gardner
Kathryn Stevenson reviews TINDERBOX LAWN by Carol Guess
John Herbert Cunningham reviews THE CAMBRIDGE INTRODUCTION TO MODERNISM by Pericles Lewis, THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO MODERNIST POETRY edited by Alex Davis and Lee M. Jenkins, and THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO POSTMODERNISM edited by Steven Connor
Steven Karl reviews THE STARS ON THE 7:18 PENN by Ana Bozicevic
James Stotts Engages TODAY I WROTE NOTHING: THE SELECTED WRITINGS OF DANIIL KHARMS, Edited and Translated by Matvei Yankelevich
Eric Gelsinger reviews LETTERHEAD VOLUME 2, Eds. Eric Johnt, Bradley Lastname, Brian McMahon, Robert Pomerhn
Eileen Tabios engages PORTRAIT AND DREAM: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS by Bill Berkson
Ching-In Chen reviews THE ALPS by Brandon Shimoda
Christopher Mulrooney reviews THE NEW YORK POSTCARD SONNETS by Philip Dacey
Fiona Sze-Lorrain reviews INVERSE SKY by John Isles
Nathan Logan reviews THE AMPUTEE´S GUIDE TO SEX by Jillian Weise
Grace C. Ocasio reviews HORSE PLAYING THE ACCORDION by Elizabeth Smither
Dave Bonta reviews TEN POEMS ABOUT HIGHWAYS AND BIRDS by Sarah Bennett
Eileen Tabios engages OPEN NIGHT by Aaron Lowinger
Richard Lopez reviews T(HERE) by Jonathan Hayes
Tom Beckett engages CADAVER DOGS by Rebecca Loudon
John Bloomberg-Rissman reviews 14 BOOKS from the 2008 LONDON SMALL PUBLISHERS FAIR
Jeff Harrison reviews INCONGRUITIES by Séamas Cain
John Herbert Cunningham reviews EMERALD ICE: SELECTED POEMS 1962-1987 by Diane Wakoski
Elizabeth Kate Switaj reviews SATELLITE CONVULSIONS: POEMS FROM TIN HOUSE, Edited by Brenda Shaugnessy and CJ Evans
Craig Santos Perez reviews RIVER ANTES by Myung Mi Kim
Denise Dooley reviews THE DRUG OF ART: SELECTED POEMS by IVAN BLATNY, Edited by Veronika Tuckerová
John Herbert Cunningham reviews LITERARY THEORY: A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED by Mary Klages and THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO FEMINIST LITERARY THEORY edited by Ellen Rooney
Ruth Lepson reviews HOUSECAT KUNG FU by Geoffrey Gatza
Angela Genusa reviews BARF MANIFESTO by Dodie Bellamy
William Allegrezza reviews DIPTYCHS: VISUAL POEMS by Nico Vassilakis
John M. Bennett reviews SUCURSAL DE ESTRELLA: POEMARIOS INICIALES Y FINALES by Alvaro Cardona Hine
John M. Bennett reviews LONGFELLOW MEMORANDA by Geof Huth
John M. Bennett review FROM THE ANNUAL RECORDS OF THE CLOUD APPRECIATION SOCIETY edited by Márton Koppány and Nico Vassilakis
Eileen Tabios engages LUNCH POEMS by Mark Young and DELTA BLUES by Skip Fox
Aileen Ibardaloza reviews THISTLES by Jack Cassinetto
Nathan Logan reviews THAT TINY INSANE VOLUPTUOUSNESS by Elisa Gabbert & Kathleen Rooney
Nicola Trumbull reviews NEVER CRY WOOF by Shafer Hall
James Stotts engages INSTANTS by Philip Metres
John Herbert Cunningham reviews GAYATRI SPIVAK: ETHICS, SUBALTERITY AND THE CRITIQUE OF POSTCOLONIAL REASON by Stephen Morton and GAYATRI CHAKRAVORTY SPIVAL: LIVE THEORY by Mark Sanders
Steven Karl reviews CLARITY AND OTHER POEMS by Thomas Fink
Helen Losse reviews FORMS OF INTERCESSION by Jayne Pupek
Steven Karl reviews LOST WORK BOOK W/ LETTERS TO DEER by Catherine Meng
Kristin Berkey-Abbott reviews A BIGGER BOAT: THE UNLIKELY SUCCESS OF THE ALBUQUERQUE POETRY SLAM SCENE edited by Susan McAllister, Don McIver, Mikaela Renz, and Daniel S. Solis
Steve Tills reviews THIS POEM/WHATSPEAKS?/ADAY by Tom Beckett
Ruth Lepson reviews (B)ITS by Joel Chace
Eileen Tabios engages PLAGIARISM/OUTSOURCE by Tan Lin
TAN LIN INTERVIEWED
by Chris Alexander, Kristen Gallagher and Gordon Tapper, with interview edited by Gordon Tapper
THE CRITIC WRITES POEMS
Elizabeth Kate Switaj
FEATURED POET
Tom Beckett interviews Reb Livingston
FROM OFFLINE TO ONLINE: REPRINTED REVIEWS
John Olson reviews COMPLICATIONS by Garrett Caples
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Boy And Dog
May 20, 2009
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EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
By Eileen Tabios
NEW REVIEWS
Thomas Fink reviews 237 MORE REASONS TO HAVE SEX by Denise Duhamel & Sandy McIntosh
Kristin Berkey-Abbott reviews 237 MORE REASONS TO HAVE SEX by Denise Duhamel & Sandy McIntosh
John Herbert Cunningham reviews CONEY ISLAND OF THE MIND: 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, ABOUT NOW: COLLECTED POEMS OF JOANNE KYGER by Joanne Kyger, and THE COLLECTED POEMS OF PHILIP WHALEN BY PHILIP WHALEN Edited by Michael Rothenberg
Nic Sebastian reviews HARLOT by Jill Alexander Essbaum
Tom Hibbard reviews ENDGAMES by Márton Koppány
Amber DiPietra reviews OCCUPATIONAL TREATMENT by Taylor Brady
Rebecca Guyon reviews MOONGARDEN by Anthony McCann
Angela Genusa reviews MAXIMUM GAGA by Lara Glenum
Eileen Tabios engages OBSOLETE—AN ALPHABET OF POEMS INSPIRED BY DEAD WORDS by Katie Haegele
John Herbert Cunningham reviews CONTEMPORARY POETICS edited by Louis Armand, PRIOR TO MEANING: THE PROTOSEMANTIC AND POETICS by Steve McCaffery, and PATAPHYSICS: THE POETICS OF AN IMAGINARY SPACE by Christian Bök
Tom Hibbard reviews FRAGILE REPLACEMENTS by William Allegrezza
Kristina Marie Darling reviews THE HOUSE IN THE HEART by Willie James King
Garrett Caples reviews MARTINIQUE: SNAKE CHARMER by André Breton
Michael Caylo-Baradi reviews HUMAN CATHEDRALS by John Sweet
Thomas Fink reviews HISTORY OF THE COMMON SCALE by Edward Foster
Eileen Tabios engages DISCLOSURE by Dana Teen Lomax
Fiona Sze-Lorrain reviews THE HEAVEN-SENT LEAF by Katy Lederer
Richard Lopez reviews ALL ROADS...BUT THIS ONE by Jon Cone, Claudie Grinnell, klipschutz and Albert Sgambati
John Bloomberg-Rissman reviews POEMS FOR THE MILLENIUM VOLUME THREE edited by Jerome Rothenberg and Jeffrey C Robinson
Eric Gelsinger reviews TIME MACHINE by Ric Royer
Jeff Harrison reviews NOSERING CELLPHONE by Lanny Quarles
Jean Vengua engages KATA by James Maughn and KALI'S BLADE by Michelle Bautista
Nicole Mauro reviews [LAPSED INSEL WEARY] by Susana Gardner
Kathryn Stevenson reviews TINDERBOX LAWN by Carol Guess
John Herbert Cunningham reviews THE CAMBRIDGE INTRODUCTION TO MODERNISM by Pericles Lewis, THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO MODERNIST POETRY edited by Alex Davis and Lee M. Jenkins, and THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO POSTMODERNISM edited by Steven Connor
Steven Karl reviews THE STARS ON THE 7:18 PENN by Ana Bozicevic
James Stotts Engages TODAY I WROTE NOTHING: THE SELECTED WRITINGS OF DANIIL KHARMS, Edited and Translated by Matvei Yankelevich
Eric Gelsinger reviews LETTERHEAD VOLUME 2, Eds. Eric Johnt, Bradley Lastname, Brian McMahon, Robert Pomerhn
Eileen Tabios engages PORTRAIT AND DREAM: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS by Bill Berkson
Ching-In Chen reviews THE ALPS by Brandon Shimoda
Christopher Mulrooney reviews THE NEW YORK POSTCARD SONNETS by Philip Dacey
Fiona Sze-Lorrain reviews INVERSE SKY by John Isles
Nathan Logan reviews THE AMPUTEE´S GUIDE TO SEX by Jillian Weise
Grace C. Ocasio reviews HORSE PLAYING THE ACCORDION by Elizabeth Smither
Dave Bonta reviews TEN POEMS ABOUT HIGHWAYS AND BIRDS by Sarah Bennett
Eileen Tabios engages OPEN NIGHT by Aaron Lowinger
Richard Lopez reviews T(HERE) by Jonathan Hayes
Tom Beckett engages CADAVER DOGS by Rebecca Loudon
John Bloomberg-Rissman reviews 14 BOOKS from the 2008 LONDON SMALL PUBLISHERS FAIR
Jeff Harrison reviews INCONGRUITIES by Séamas Cain
John Herbert Cunningham reviews EMERALD ICE: SELECTED POEMS 1962-1987 by Diane Wakoski
Elizabeth Kate Switaj reviews SATELLITE CONVULSIONS: POEMS FROM TIN HOUSE, Edited by Brenda Shaugnessy and CJ Evans
Craig Santos Perez reviews RIVER ANTES by Myung Mi Kim
Denise Dooley reviews THE DRUG OF ART: SELECTED POEMS by IVAN BLATNY, Edited by Veronika Tuckerová
John Herbert Cunningham reviews LITERARY THEORY: A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED by Mary Klages and THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO FEMINIST LITERARY THEORY edited by Ellen Rooney
Ruth Lepson reviews HOUSECAT KUNG FU by Geoffrey Gatza
Angela Genusa reviews BARF MANIFESTO by Dodie Bellamy
William Allegrezza reviews DIPTYCHS: VISUAL POEMS by Nico Vassilakis
John M. Bennett reviews SUCURSAL DE ESTRELLA: POEMARIOS INICIALES Y FINALES by Alvaro Cardona Hine
John M. Bennett reviews LONGFELLOW MEMORANDA by Geof Huth
John M. Bennett review FROM THE ANNUAL RECORDS OF THE CLOUD APPRECIATION SOCIETY edited by Márton Koppány and Nico Vassilakis
Eileen Tabios engages LUNCH POEMS by Mark Young and DELTA BLUES by Skip Fox
Aileen Ibardaloza reviews THISTLES by Jack Cassinetto
Nathan Logan reviews THAT TINY INSANE VOLUPTUOUSNESS by Elisa Gabbert & Kathleen Rooney
Nicola Trumbull reviews NEVER CRY WOOF by Shafer Hall
James Stotts engages INSTANTS by Philip Metres
John Herbert Cunningham reviews GAYATRI SPIVAK: ETHICS, SUBALTERITY AND THE CRITIQUE OF POSTCOLONIAL REASON by Stephen Morton and GAYATRI CHAKRAVORTY SPIVAL: LIVE THEORY by Mark Sanders
Steven Karl reviews CLARITY AND OTHER POEMS by Thomas Fink
Helen Losse reviews FORMS OF INTERCESSION by Jayne Pupek
Steven Karl reviews LOST WORK BOOK W/ LETTERS TO DEER by Catherine Meng
Kristin Berkey-Abbott reviews A BIGGER BOAT: THE UNLIKELY SUCCESS OF THE ALBUQUERQUE POETRY SLAM SCENE edited by Susan McAllister, Don McIver, Mikaela Renz, and Daniel S. Solis
Steve Tills reviews THIS POEM/WHATSPEAKS?/ADAY by Tom Beckett
Ruth Lepson reviews (B)ITS by Joel Chace
Eileen Tabios engages PLAGIARISM/OUTSOURCE by Tan Lin
TAN LIN INTERVIEWED
by Chris Alexander, Kristen Gallagher and Gordon Tapper, with interview edited by Gordon Tapper
THE CRITIC WRITES POEMS
Elizabeth Kate Switaj
FEATURED POET
Tom Beckett interviews Reb Livingston
FROM OFFLINE TO ONLINE: REPRINTED REVIEWS
John Olson reviews COMPLICATIONS by Garrett Caples
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Boy And Dog
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
ISSUE NO. 11 TABLE OF CONTENTS
December 17, 2008
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EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
By Eileen Tabios
NEW REVIEWS
Michael Caylo-Baradi Reviews SHORT MOVIES by Jukka-Pekka Kervinen and Márton Koppány
Rachel Daley Reviews ZONE : ZERO by Stephanie Strickland
John Olson Reviews SCAFFOLD by Joel Chace
Eric Gelsinger Reviews SO THAT EVEN by Tawrin Baker
Kristina Marie Darling Reviews TORQUES: DRAFTS 58-76 by Rachel Blau DuPlessis
Denise Dooley Reviews THE SENSORY CABINET by Mark DuCharme
John Herbert Cunningham Reviews CAUGHT BY THE TAIL: FRANCIS PICABIA AND DADA IN PARIS by George Baker and I AM A BEAUTIFUL MONSTER: POETRY, PROSE AND PROVOCATIONS by Francis Picabia, translated by Marc Lowenthal
Eileen Tabios Engages DEMENTIA BLOG by Susan M. Schultz
Pamela Hart Reviews THIS IS WHY I HURT YOU by Kate Greenstreet
Jon Curley Reviews A WOMAN'S GUIDE TO MOUNTAIN CLIMBING by Jane Augustine
Karen An-Hwei Lee Reviews MENTAL COMMITMENT ROBOTS by Sueyeun Juliette Lee
Tom Beckett Reviews SUBSISTENCE EQUIPMENT by Brenda Iijima
Lisa Bower Reviews TRADING IN MERMAIDS by Alfred A. Yuson
Thomas Fink Reviews PARSINGS by Sheila E. Murphy
Michael Caylo-Baradi Reviews PERSUASIONS OF FALL by Ann Lauinger
Tom Beckett Reviews STRING PARADE by Jordan Stempleman
Karen Rigby Reviews THEORIES OF FALLING by Sandra Beasley
Wendy Lynn Cohen Reviews THE GREAT WHIRL OF EXILE by Leroy V. Quintana
James Stotts Reviews ITERATURE by Eugene Ostashevsky
Tom Beckett Reviews YOUR TEN FAVORITE WORDS by Reb Livingston
John Herbert Cunningham Reviews BLANK VERSE: A GUIDE TO ITS HISTORY AND USE by Robert B. Shaw
Elizabeth Kate Switaj Reviews IN NO ONE'S LAND by Paige Ackerson-Kiely
Wendy Lynn Cohen Reviews POLYVERSE by Lee Ann Brown
Eric Gelsinger Reviews OPEN NIGHT by Aaron Lowinger
John Bloomberg-Rissman Reviews ANIMATE, INANIMATE AIMS by Brenda Iijima
Eileen Tabios Engages HALLUCINATING CALIFORNIA by Richard Lopez and Jonathan Hayes
Emily Schorr Lesnick Reviews ARDOR by Karen An-Hwei Lee
Linda Rodriguez Reviews ROUNDING THE HUMAN by Linda Hogan
Helen Losse Reviews AFTER THE POISON by Collin Kelley (1)
Sam Rasnake Reviews AFTER THE POISON by Collin Kelley (2)
Robert E. Wood Reviews AFTER THE POISON by Collin Kelley (3)
James Stotts Reviews IN COMPANY: AN ANTHOLOGY OF NEW MEXICO POETS AFTER 1960, Edited by Lee Bartlett, V.B. Price and Dianne Edenfield Edwards
Denise Dooley Reviews UNBECOMING BEHAVIOR by Kate Colby
Tom Beckett Reviews WORLD0 and NO SOUNDS OF MY OWN MAKING, both by John Bloomberg-Rissman
Michael Caylo-Baradi Reviews THE SINGERS by Logan Ryan Smith
Wendy Lynn Cohen Reviews HOW TO DO THINGS WITH WORDS by Joan Retallack
Lars Palm Reviews PLAYING THE AMPLITUDES by Christopher Rizzo
Karen An-Hwei Lee Reviews BOX OF LIGHT / CAJA DE LUZ by Susan Gardner
Jeff Harrison Reviews WALDEN BOOK by Allen Bramhall
Fiona Sze-Lorrain Reviews BONE PAGODA by Susan Tichy
John Bloomberg-Rissman Reviews ISSUE 1, Edited by Stephen McLaughlin and Jim Carpenter
Fiona Sze-Lorrain Reviews WOMEN POETS ON MENTORSHIP: EFFORTS & AFFECTIONS, Edited by Arielle Greenberg & Rachel Zucker
Eileen Tabios Engages TORCHWOOD by Jill Magi
Karen An-Hwei Lee Reviews SHADOW MOUNTAIN by Claire Kageyama-Ramakrishnan
Patrick James Dunagan Reviews GLAD STONE CHILDREN by Edmund Berrigan and DRUNK BY NOON by Jennifer L. Knox
Fiona Sze-Lorrain Reviews SAVAGE MACHINERY by Karen Rigby
Patrick James Dunagan Reviews ALL THAT'S LEFT by Jack Hirschman and ONE OF A KIND by Jack Micheline
Adam Halbur Reviews EYE-SENSING by David Jaffin
Steven Karl Reviews STATE OF THE UNION--50 POLITICAL POEMS, Edited by Joshua Beckman & Matthew Zapruder
Eileen Tabios Engages RED by Marilyn R. Rosenberg
Brett Duchon Reviews PRAU by Jean Vengua
Wendy Lynn Cohen Reviews LOUISE IN LOVE by Mary Jo Bang
Steven Karl Reviews SHY GREEN FIELDS by Hugh Behm-Steinberg
Nathan Logan Reviews THE ROMANCE OF HAPPY WORKERS by Anne Boyer
Patria Rivera Reviews FIELD OF MIRRORS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF PHILIPPINE AMERICAN WRITERS, Edited by Edwin Lozada
Brett Duchon Reviews COMPLICATIONS by Garrett Caples
Linda Nguyen Reviews BRIDGEABLE SHORES: SELECTED POEMS (1969-2001) by Luis Cabalquinto
Linda Rodriguez Reviews THE PORTABLE FAMINE by Rane Arroyo
Reed Boskey Reviews WHAT THE FORTUNE TELLER DIDN'T SAY by Shirley Geok-lin Lim
Rebecca Holohan Reviews THE SPLINTERED FACE: TSUNAMI POEMS by Indran Amirthanayagam
Katherine Levy Reviews KALI'S BLADE by Michelle Bautista
Monna Wong Reviews MUSEUM OF ABSENCES by Luis H. Francia
Aileen Ibardaloza Engages PINOY POETICS: A COLLECTION OF AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL ESSAYS ON FILIPINO AND FILIPINO-AMERICAN POETICS, Edited by Nick Carbo and POEMCRAZY: FREEING YOUR LIFE WITH WORDS by Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge
Aileen Ibardaloza Reviews PASSAGE: POEMS 1983-2006 by Edgar B. Maranan
Eric Gelsinger Reviews WHEN I COME HERE by Ryan Eckes
Nathan Logan Reviews ON THE FLY by Amy King
Aileen Ibardaloza Engages BARING MORE THAN SOUL by Reme A. Grefalda
THE CRITIC WRITES POEMS
Michael Caylo-Baradi
IN THE PHILIPPINES: “POETRY ALLERGIC TO THE PURELY VERBAL”
A PREFACE: Angelo Suarez engages with the works of Philippines-based poet-artists Bea Camacho, Costantino Zicarelli, Buen Calubayan and Cesare A.X. Syjuco
Angelo Suarez on THE POETICS OF INTERMEDIA: Bea Camacho’s Eulogy to Art
Angelo Suarez on A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS MORON: Constantino Zicarelli and Buen Calubayan
Angelo Suarez on CESARE A.X. SYJUCO AND THE NEW FORMALISM
FROM OFFLINE TO ONLINE: REPRINTED REVIEWS
Allen Gaborro Reviews DOVEGLION: COLLECTED POEMS by JOSE GARCIA VILLA, Ed. John Edwin Cowen
Patrick James Dunagan Reviews EVANGELINE DOWNS by Micah Ballard
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A German Shepherd Most Assuredly Shall Grace the White House Lawn
December 17, 2008
[N.B. You can scroll down for all articles or click on highlighted names or titles to go directly to the referenced article. Since this is a large issue, if it takes too long to upload the entire issue, you can click on the individual links below to more quickly get to a review that interests you.]
EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
By Eileen Tabios
NEW REVIEWS
Michael Caylo-Baradi Reviews SHORT MOVIES by Jukka-Pekka Kervinen and Márton Koppány
Rachel Daley Reviews ZONE : ZERO by Stephanie Strickland
John Olson Reviews SCAFFOLD by Joel Chace
Eric Gelsinger Reviews SO THAT EVEN by Tawrin Baker
Kristina Marie Darling Reviews TORQUES: DRAFTS 58-76 by Rachel Blau DuPlessis
Denise Dooley Reviews THE SENSORY CABINET by Mark DuCharme
John Herbert Cunningham Reviews CAUGHT BY THE TAIL: FRANCIS PICABIA AND DADA IN PARIS by George Baker and I AM A BEAUTIFUL MONSTER: POETRY, PROSE AND PROVOCATIONS by Francis Picabia, translated by Marc Lowenthal
Eileen Tabios Engages DEMENTIA BLOG by Susan M. Schultz
Pamela Hart Reviews THIS IS WHY I HURT YOU by Kate Greenstreet
Jon Curley Reviews A WOMAN'S GUIDE TO MOUNTAIN CLIMBING by Jane Augustine
Karen An-Hwei Lee Reviews MENTAL COMMITMENT ROBOTS by Sueyeun Juliette Lee
Tom Beckett Reviews SUBSISTENCE EQUIPMENT by Brenda Iijima
Lisa Bower Reviews TRADING IN MERMAIDS by Alfred A. Yuson
Thomas Fink Reviews PARSINGS by Sheila E. Murphy
Michael Caylo-Baradi Reviews PERSUASIONS OF FALL by Ann Lauinger
Tom Beckett Reviews STRING PARADE by Jordan Stempleman
Karen Rigby Reviews THEORIES OF FALLING by Sandra Beasley
Wendy Lynn Cohen Reviews THE GREAT WHIRL OF EXILE by Leroy V. Quintana
James Stotts Reviews ITERATURE by Eugene Ostashevsky
Tom Beckett Reviews YOUR TEN FAVORITE WORDS by Reb Livingston
John Herbert Cunningham Reviews BLANK VERSE: A GUIDE TO ITS HISTORY AND USE by Robert B. Shaw
Elizabeth Kate Switaj Reviews IN NO ONE'S LAND by Paige Ackerson-Kiely
Wendy Lynn Cohen Reviews POLYVERSE by Lee Ann Brown
Eric Gelsinger Reviews OPEN NIGHT by Aaron Lowinger
John Bloomberg-Rissman Reviews ANIMATE, INANIMATE AIMS by Brenda Iijima
Eileen Tabios Engages HALLUCINATING CALIFORNIA by Richard Lopez and Jonathan Hayes
Emily Schorr Lesnick Reviews ARDOR by Karen An-Hwei Lee
Linda Rodriguez Reviews ROUNDING THE HUMAN by Linda Hogan
Helen Losse Reviews AFTER THE POISON by Collin Kelley (1)
Sam Rasnake Reviews AFTER THE POISON by Collin Kelley (2)
Robert E. Wood Reviews AFTER THE POISON by Collin Kelley (3)
James Stotts Reviews IN COMPANY: AN ANTHOLOGY OF NEW MEXICO POETS AFTER 1960, Edited by Lee Bartlett, V.B. Price and Dianne Edenfield Edwards
Denise Dooley Reviews UNBECOMING BEHAVIOR by Kate Colby
Tom Beckett Reviews WORLD0 and NO SOUNDS OF MY OWN MAKING, both by John Bloomberg-Rissman
Michael Caylo-Baradi Reviews THE SINGERS by Logan Ryan Smith
Wendy Lynn Cohen Reviews HOW TO DO THINGS WITH WORDS by Joan Retallack
Lars Palm Reviews PLAYING THE AMPLITUDES by Christopher Rizzo
Karen An-Hwei Lee Reviews BOX OF LIGHT / CAJA DE LUZ by Susan Gardner
Jeff Harrison Reviews WALDEN BOOK by Allen Bramhall
Fiona Sze-Lorrain Reviews BONE PAGODA by Susan Tichy
John Bloomberg-Rissman Reviews ISSUE 1, Edited by Stephen McLaughlin and Jim Carpenter
Fiona Sze-Lorrain Reviews WOMEN POETS ON MENTORSHIP: EFFORTS & AFFECTIONS, Edited by Arielle Greenberg & Rachel Zucker
Eileen Tabios Engages TORCHWOOD by Jill Magi
Karen An-Hwei Lee Reviews SHADOW MOUNTAIN by Claire Kageyama-Ramakrishnan
Patrick James Dunagan Reviews GLAD STONE CHILDREN by Edmund Berrigan and DRUNK BY NOON by Jennifer L. Knox
Fiona Sze-Lorrain Reviews SAVAGE MACHINERY by Karen Rigby
Patrick James Dunagan Reviews ALL THAT'S LEFT by Jack Hirschman and ONE OF A KIND by Jack Micheline
Adam Halbur Reviews EYE-SENSING by David Jaffin
Steven Karl Reviews STATE OF THE UNION--50 POLITICAL POEMS, Edited by Joshua Beckman & Matthew Zapruder
Eileen Tabios Engages RED by Marilyn R. Rosenberg
Brett Duchon Reviews PRAU by Jean Vengua
Wendy Lynn Cohen Reviews LOUISE IN LOVE by Mary Jo Bang
Steven Karl Reviews SHY GREEN FIELDS by Hugh Behm-Steinberg
Nathan Logan Reviews THE ROMANCE OF HAPPY WORKERS by Anne Boyer
Patria Rivera Reviews FIELD OF MIRRORS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF PHILIPPINE AMERICAN WRITERS, Edited by Edwin Lozada
Brett Duchon Reviews COMPLICATIONS by Garrett Caples
Linda Nguyen Reviews BRIDGEABLE SHORES: SELECTED POEMS (1969-2001) by Luis Cabalquinto
Linda Rodriguez Reviews THE PORTABLE FAMINE by Rane Arroyo
Reed Boskey Reviews WHAT THE FORTUNE TELLER DIDN'T SAY by Shirley Geok-lin Lim
Rebecca Holohan Reviews THE SPLINTERED FACE: TSUNAMI POEMS by Indran Amirthanayagam
Katherine Levy Reviews KALI'S BLADE by Michelle Bautista
Monna Wong Reviews MUSEUM OF ABSENCES by Luis H. Francia
Aileen Ibardaloza Engages PINOY POETICS: A COLLECTION OF AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL ESSAYS ON FILIPINO AND FILIPINO-AMERICAN POETICS, Edited by Nick Carbo and POEMCRAZY: FREEING YOUR LIFE WITH WORDS by Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge
Aileen Ibardaloza Reviews PASSAGE: POEMS 1983-2006 by Edgar B. Maranan
Eric Gelsinger Reviews WHEN I COME HERE by Ryan Eckes
Nathan Logan Reviews ON THE FLY by Amy King
Aileen Ibardaloza Engages BARING MORE THAN SOUL by Reme A. Grefalda
THE CRITIC WRITES POEMS
Michael Caylo-Baradi
IN THE PHILIPPINES: “POETRY ALLERGIC TO THE PURELY VERBAL”
A PREFACE: Angelo Suarez engages with the works of Philippines-based poet-artists Bea Camacho, Costantino Zicarelli, Buen Calubayan and Cesare A.X. Syjuco
Angelo Suarez on THE POETICS OF INTERMEDIA: Bea Camacho’s Eulogy to Art
Angelo Suarez on A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS MORON: Constantino Zicarelli and Buen Calubayan
Angelo Suarez on CESARE A.X. SYJUCO AND THE NEW FORMALISM
FROM OFFLINE TO ONLINE: REPRINTED REVIEWS
Allen Gaborro Reviews DOVEGLION: COLLECTED POEMS by JOSE GARCIA VILLA, Ed. John Edwin Cowen
Patrick James Dunagan Reviews EVANGELINE DOWNS by Micah Ballard
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BACK COVER
A German Shepherd Most Assuredly Shall Grace the White House Lawn
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
ISSUE NO. 10 TABLE OF CONTENTS
July 31, 2008
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EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
By Eileen Tabios
NEW REVIEWS
Jeffrey Side reviews WHERE THE THREE RIVERS MEET by Aine MacAodha
Nicholas Manning reviews BEAUTIFUL, UNFINISHED: PARABLE/SONG/CANTO/POEM by M.T.C. Cronin
Eileen Tabios engages ENDGAMES by Márton Koppány
Patrick James Dunagan reviews DERIVATIVE OF THE MOVING IMAGE by Jennifer Bartlett, BEAUTY [IS THE NEW ABSURDITY] by Jennifer Scappettone, DOG GIRL by Heidi Lynn Staples and THE MARVELOUS BONES OF TIME by Brenda Coultas
Eric Hoffman reviews PASSING OVER by Norman Finkelstein
Pamela Hart reviews BONE PAGODA by Susan Tichy
Tim Wright reviews GOING GOING by Jen Hofer
Nicholas Manning reviews PPL IN A DEPOT by Gary Sullivan
Tyrone Williams reviews THE ANATOMY OF OIL by Marcella Durand
Nicholas Manning reviews CORNSTARCH FIGURINE by Elizabeth Treadwell
Eileen Tabios engages & PERSONA, poems by Mackenzie Carignan and photographs by Felicia Ohnmacht
Francie Noyes reviews MIDNIGHTS, poetry by Jane Miller & artwork by Beverly Pepper
H. Francisco V. Penones, Jr. reviews AMIGO WARFARE by Eric Gamalinda
Francie Noyes reviews BLIND DATE WITH CAVAFY by Steve Fellner
Tyrone Williams reviews THE STRAITS by Kristin Palm
Eileen Tabios engages BE THAT EMPTY: APOLOGIA FOR AIR by Alice B. Fogel
Richard Lopez reviews BREAK ME OUCH by Michael Farrell
Tyrone Williams reviews OPEN BOX (IMPROVISATIONS) by Carla Harryman
James Stotts reviews ENTER MORRIS IMPOSTERNAK, PURSUED BY IRONIES by Eugene Ostashevsky
Thomas Fink reviews TRAVELING WITH THE DEAD by Carole Stone
Laurel Johnson reviews THE BLUE MOON SERIES by Rodger Martin
Ryan Daley reviews ... AND THEN engages FLOWERS OF BAD: A FALSE TRANSLATION OF CHARLES BAUDELAIRE’S LES FLEURS DU MAL by David Cameron
John Bloomberg-Rissman reviews HORACE: POEMS by Tim Atkins; COVERS by Susan Landers; and FLOWERS OF BAD: A FALSE TRANSLATION OF CHARLES BAUDELAIRE’S LES FLEURS DU MAL by David Cameron
Karen Rigby reviews ISLE OF THE SIGNATORIES by Marjorie Welish
Eileen Tabios engages THEORY OF COLORS by Mercedes Roffe
Pamela Hart reviews THE ORCHARD by Brigit Pegeen Kelly
Kristina Marie Darling reviews CHANTEUSE/CANTATRICE by Catherine Daly
Michael Layne Heath reviews WORDS IN YOUR FACE: A GUIDED TOUR THROUGH 20 YEARS OF THE NEW YORK CITY POETRY SLAM by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz
Andy Frazee reviews THE CITY VISIBLE: CHICAGO POETRY FOR THE NEW CENTURY edited by William Allegrezza and Raymond Bianchi
Jim McCrary reviews SPADE by David Bromige & Rychard Denner; ART IS WAR by Anne Boyer; THE ROMANCE OF HAPPY WORKERS by Anne Boyer; from THE TRADITIONS by Juliana Spahr; NO FACE by Judith Roitman
Evelyn Hampton engages THE SMALL ANYTHING CITY by Cynthia Arrieu-King
Christopher Mulrooney engages THE DEVELOPMENT OF AERIAL MILITARISM AND THE DEMOBILIZATION OF EUROPEAN GROUND FORCES, FORTRESSES, AND NAVAL FLEETS by Paul Scheerbart, trans. by M. Kasper
Eileen Tabios engages FORGET READING by Anthony Hawley
Denise Dooley reviews THE RIVER IS WIDE / EL RIO ES ANCHO: TWENTY MEXICAN POETS Edited and Translated by Marlon L. Fick
Pamela Hart reviews CHILD IN THE ROAD by Cindy Savett
Nicholas Manning reviews THIS POEM/WHAT SPEAKS?/A DAY by Tom Beckett
Eileen Tabios engages ORANGES & SARDINES, Summer 2008, Vol. 1 Issue, Edited by David Krump, Andy Nicholson, Meghan Punschke and Didi Menendez
Karen Rigby reviews THE BOYS I BORROW by Heather Sellers
Eileen Tabios engages RAFETOWN GEORGICS by Garin Cycholl
Laurel Johnson reviews DEFIANCE by Hugh Fox
Jeff Harrison reviews SKINNY BUDDHA by Sheila E. Murphy
Pamela Hart reviews THE MARVELOUS BONES OF TIME by Brenda Coultas
Leny M. Strobel engages PRAU by Jean Vengua
Francie Noyes reviews CLOUD VIEW POETS: MASTER CLASSES WITH DAVID ST. JOHN, edited by Morley Clark, Jane Downs, CB Follett, and Susan Terris
Patrick James Dunagan reviews SHINY, No. 14, 2008, edited by Michael Friedman
Bob Marcacci reviews TWO HATS APPEAR WHEN APPLAUDED by Raymond Farr, OCCASION IN THE MOSAIC DISTANCE by Paul Klinger, [from SLOT (TO PULL AN HISTORICAL SITE FORM YOU)] by Jill Magi, SPECIMEN by Marci Nelligan, INSECT COUNTRY (B) by Sawako Nakayasu, and SOUVENIRS by Bronwen Tate
Derek Motion reviews ORIGAMI SHIPWRECK by Craig Perez and Katy Acheson
William Allegrezza reviews IT’S ALL A MOVIE by Alex Gildzen
Nathan Logan reviews NEVER CRY WOOF by Shafer Hall
Prosy Abarquez-Delacruz reviews AN MAUPAY HA MGA WARAY UF IBA PA NGA MGA SIDAY (Waray poems with English translations) by Voltaire Oyzon
Rebecca Mabanglo-Mayor reviews BEIJING BACKGROUND by Bob Marcacci
Eileen Tabios engages ORGY IN THE BEEF CLOSET by Michael Koshkin
Laurel Johnson reviews SUDDENLY, FRUIT by Linda Tomol Pennisi
THE CRITIC WRITES POEMS
"{ . . . from HOMO SENTIMENTALIS : A GUIDE IN VERSE TO MODERN EMOTIONAL INTIMACY}" By Nicholas Manning
FEATURE ARTICLES
FEATURED POET: Cynthia Schwartzberg Edlow
Thomas Fink interviews Jennifer Kwon Dobbs
FROM OFFLINE TO ONLINE: REPRINTED REVIEWS
Francie Noyes reviews AVERNO by Louise Gluck
Allen Gaborro reviews STAGE PRESENCE: CONVERSATIONS WITH FILIPINO AMERICAN PERFORMING ARTISTS, edited by Theodore S. Gonzalves
Allen Gaborro reviews PRAU bv Jean Vengua
Juaniyo Arcellana reviews PINOY POETICS: A COLLECTION OF AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL ESSAYS ON FILIPINO AND FILIPINO-AMERICAN POETICS, edited by Nick Carbo
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Dawg Days of Summer!
July 31, 2008
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EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
By Eileen Tabios
NEW REVIEWS
Jeffrey Side reviews WHERE THE THREE RIVERS MEET by Aine MacAodha
Nicholas Manning reviews BEAUTIFUL, UNFINISHED: PARABLE/SONG/CANTO/POEM by M.T.C. Cronin
Eileen Tabios engages ENDGAMES by Márton Koppány
Patrick James Dunagan reviews DERIVATIVE OF THE MOVING IMAGE by Jennifer Bartlett, BEAUTY [IS THE NEW ABSURDITY] by Jennifer Scappettone, DOG GIRL by Heidi Lynn Staples and THE MARVELOUS BONES OF TIME by Brenda Coultas
Eric Hoffman reviews PASSING OVER by Norman Finkelstein
Pamela Hart reviews BONE PAGODA by Susan Tichy
Tim Wright reviews GOING GOING by Jen Hofer
Nicholas Manning reviews PPL IN A DEPOT by Gary Sullivan
Tyrone Williams reviews THE ANATOMY OF OIL by Marcella Durand
Nicholas Manning reviews CORNSTARCH FIGURINE by Elizabeth Treadwell
Eileen Tabios engages & PERSONA, poems by Mackenzie Carignan and photographs by Felicia Ohnmacht
Francie Noyes reviews MIDNIGHTS, poetry by Jane Miller & artwork by Beverly Pepper
H. Francisco V. Penones, Jr. reviews AMIGO WARFARE by Eric Gamalinda
Francie Noyes reviews BLIND DATE WITH CAVAFY by Steve Fellner
Tyrone Williams reviews THE STRAITS by Kristin Palm
Eileen Tabios engages BE THAT EMPTY: APOLOGIA FOR AIR by Alice B. Fogel
Richard Lopez reviews BREAK ME OUCH by Michael Farrell
Tyrone Williams reviews OPEN BOX (IMPROVISATIONS) by Carla Harryman
James Stotts reviews ENTER MORRIS IMPOSTERNAK, PURSUED BY IRONIES by Eugene Ostashevsky
Thomas Fink reviews TRAVELING WITH THE DEAD by Carole Stone
Laurel Johnson reviews THE BLUE MOON SERIES by Rodger Martin
Ryan Daley reviews ... AND THEN engages FLOWERS OF BAD: A FALSE TRANSLATION OF CHARLES BAUDELAIRE’S LES FLEURS DU MAL by David Cameron
John Bloomberg-Rissman reviews HORACE: POEMS by Tim Atkins; COVERS by Susan Landers; and FLOWERS OF BAD: A FALSE TRANSLATION OF CHARLES BAUDELAIRE’S LES FLEURS DU MAL by David Cameron
Karen Rigby reviews ISLE OF THE SIGNATORIES by Marjorie Welish
Eileen Tabios engages THEORY OF COLORS by Mercedes Roffe
Pamela Hart reviews THE ORCHARD by Brigit Pegeen Kelly
Kristina Marie Darling reviews CHANTEUSE/CANTATRICE by Catherine Daly
Michael Layne Heath reviews WORDS IN YOUR FACE: A GUIDED TOUR THROUGH 20 YEARS OF THE NEW YORK CITY POETRY SLAM by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz
Andy Frazee reviews THE CITY VISIBLE: CHICAGO POETRY FOR THE NEW CENTURY edited by William Allegrezza and Raymond Bianchi
Jim McCrary reviews SPADE by David Bromige & Rychard Denner; ART IS WAR by Anne Boyer; THE ROMANCE OF HAPPY WORKERS by Anne Boyer; from THE TRADITIONS by Juliana Spahr; NO FACE by Judith Roitman
Evelyn Hampton engages THE SMALL ANYTHING CITY by Cynthia Arrieu-King
Christopher Mulrooney engages THE DEVELOPMENT OF AERIAL MILITARISM AND THE DEMOBILIZATION OF EUROPEAN GROUND FORCES, FORTRESSES, AND NAVAL FLEETS by Paul Scheerbart, trans. by M. Kasper
Eileen Tabios engages FORGET READING by Anthony Hawley
Denise Dooley reviews THE RIVER IS WIDE / EL RIO ES ANCHO: TWENTY MEXICAN POETS Edited and Translated by Marlon L. Fick
Pamela Hart reviews CHILD IN THE ROAD by Cindy Savett
Nicholas Manning reviews THIS POEM/WHAT SPEAKS?/A DAY by Tom Beckett
Eileen Tabios engages ORANGES & SARDINES, Summer 2008, Vol. 1 Issue, Edited by David Krump, Andy Nicholson, Meghan Punschke and Didi Menendez
Karen Rigby reviews THE BOYS I BORROW by Heather Sellers
Eileen Tabios engages RAFETOWN GEORGICS by Garin Cycholl
Laurel Johnson reviews DEFIANCE by Hugh Fox
Jeff Harrison reviews SKINNY BUDDHA by Sheila E. Murphy
Pamela Hart reviews THE MARVELOUS BONES OF TIME by Brenda Coultas
Leny M. Strobel engages PRAU by Jean Vengua
Francie Noyes reviews CLOUD VIEW POETS: MASTER CLASSES WITH DAVID ST. JOHN, edited by Morley Clark, Jane Downs, CB Follett, and Susan Terris
Patrick James Dunagan reviews SHINY, No. 14, 2008, edited by Michael Friedman
Bob Marcacci reviews TWO HATS APPEAR WHEN APPLAUDED by Raymond Farr, OCCASION IN THE MOSAIC DISTANCE by Paul Klinger, [from SLOT (TO PULL AN HISTORICAL SITE FORM YOU)] by Jill Magi, SPECIMEN by Marci Nelligan, INSECT COUNTRY (B) by Sawako Nakayasu, and SOUVENIRS by Bronwen Tate
Derek Motion reviews ORIGAMI SHIPWRECK by Craig Perez and Katy Acheson
William Allegrezza reviews IT’S ALL A MOVIE by Alex Gildzen
Nathan Logan reviews NEVER CRY WOOF by Shafer Hall
Prosy Abarquez-Delacruz reviews AN MAUPAY HA MGA WARAY UF IBA PA NGA MGA SIDAY (Waray poems with English translations) by Voltaire Oyzon
Rebecca Mabanglo-Mayor reviews BEIJING BACKGROUND by Bob Marcacci
Eileen Tabios engages ORGY IN THE BEEF CLOSET by Michael Koshkin
Laurel Johnson reviews SUDDENLY, FRUIT by Linda Tomol Pennisi
THE CRITIC WRITES POEMS
"{ . . . from HOMO SENTIMENTALIS : A GUIDE IN VERSE TO MODERN EMOTIONAL INTIMACY}" By Nicholas Manning
FEATURE ARTICLES
FEATURED POET: Cynthia Schwartzberg Edlow
Thomas Fink interviews Jennifer Kwon Dobbs
FROM OFFLINE TO ONLINE: REPRINTED REVIEWS
Francie Noyes reviews AVERNO by Louise Gluck
Allen Gaborro reviews STAGE PRESENCE: CONVERSATIONS WITH FILIPINO AMERICAN PERFORMING ARTISTS, edited by Theodore S. Gonzalves
Allen Gaborro reviews PRAU bv Jean Vengua
Juaniyo Arcellana reviews PINOY POETICS: A COLLECTION OF AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL ESSAYS ON FILIPINO AND FILIPINO-AMERICAN POETICS, edited by Nick Carbo
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Dawg Days of Summer!
Monday, March 10, 2008
ISSUE NO. 9 TABLE OF CONTENTS
March 31, 2008
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EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION
By Eileen Tabios
NEW REVIEWS
Brian Clements engages nine books by John Yau: PARADISO DIASPORA; THE PASSIONATE SPECTATOR: ESSAYS ON ART AND POETRY; ING GRISH (with illustrations by Thomas Nozkowski); BORROWED LOVE POEMS; THE UNITED STATES OF JASPER JOHNS; RADIANT SILHOUETTE; CORPSE AND MIRROR; SOMETIMES; and 100 MORE JOKES FROM THE BOOK OF THE DEAD (with etchings by Archie Rand)
David Goldstein reviews TWENTY-ONE AFTER DAYS by Lisa Lubasch
Patrick James Dunagan reviews CADENZA by Charles North and DOING 70 by Hettie Jones
Séamas Cain reviews SKINNY BUDDHA by Sheila E. Murphy
Raymond John A. de Borja reviews NOISE PICTORIAL NOISE by Eli Noah Gordon
Shanna Compton reviews DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION by Cathy Park Hong
Eileen Tabios engages MAUVE SEA-ORCHIDS by Lila Zemborain, Trans. by Rosa Alcala and Monica de la Torre
John Bloomberg-Rissman reviews RAPID DEPARTURES by Vincent Katz
Eileen Tabios engages IMAGINING A BABY by Bob Marcacci
John Bloomberg-Rissman reviews PRAU by Jean Vengua
Thomas Fink reviews WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN by David Lehman
Kristi Castro reviews SOMETHING BRIGHT, THEN HOLES by Maggie Nelson and [GROWLING SOFTLY] Edited by Juliet Cook and "drilled" by David Foster
Nicholas Manning reviews TEXT LOSES TIME by Nico Vassilakis
Stephen Vincent reviews WHAT’S IN STORE by Trevor Joyce
Eileen Tabios engages ZAMBOANGUENA by Corrine Fitzpatrick
Burt Kimmelman engages eight publications by Basil King: 77 BEASTS; BASIL KING'S BESTIARY; LEARNING TO DRAW / A HISTORY: TWIN TOWERS; MIRAGE: A POEM IN 22 SECTIONS; WARP SPASM; THE POET; IDENTITY; THE COMPLETE MINIATURES; and DEVOTIONS, WITH SELECTIONS FROM A PAINTERS BESTIARY AND 14 DRAWINGS FROM INTENTIONS
Tom Beckett reviews HARLOT by Jill Alexander Essbaum
Patrick James Dunagan reviews HOME AMONG THE SWINGING STARS: COLLECTED POEMS OF JAIME DE ANGULO, Edited by Stefan Hyner with an essay by Andrew Schelling
Juliet Cook engages FEIGN by Kristy Bowen
Anny Ballardini reviews DAYS POEM, VOLS. I and II by Allen Bramhall
Patrick James Dunagan reviews THE FINAL NITE & OTHER POEMS: COMPLETE NOTES FROM A CHARLES GAYLE NOTEBOOK 1987-2006 by Steve Dalachinsky
Karen Rigby reviews THE BEDSIDE GUIDE TO NO TELL MOTEL: SECOND FLOOR, Edited by Reb Livingston and Molly Arden
Nathan Logan reviews THE BEDSIDE GUIDE TO NO TELL MOTEL, Edited by Reb Livingston and Molly Arden
Eileen Tabios engages MY NAME IS ESTHER CLARA by Laurel Johnson; a FOURSQUARE SPECIAL EDITION OF FIVE POEMS by Maureen Thorson; and HERE, LOVE by Jess Rowan
Jeffrey Side reviews BEAMS by Adam Fieled
Jon Cone reviews LITTLE BOAT by Jean Valentine
John Bloomberg-Rissman reviews OVERNIGHT by Paul Violi
Jeff Harrison reviews OPENING AND CLOSING NUMBERS by Anny Ballardini
Eileen Tabios engages AN ARCHITECTURE by Chad Sweeney
Jessica Bozek engages DUMMY FIRE by Sarah Vap
Ryan Daley reviews THE FRANK POEMS by CAConrad
Eileen Tabios engages CLEAVING by Dion Farquhar
Abigail Licad reviews THE ANCHORED ANGEL, SELECTED WRITINGS BY JOSE GARCIA, Edited by Eileen Tabios
Christopher Mulrooney reviews SELECTED POEMS OF GABRIELA MISTRAL, Trans. by Ursula K. Le Guin
Christopher Mulrooney reviews THE BEGINNING AND END OF THE SNOW by Yves Bonnefoy, Trans. by Alan Baker
Lisa Bower reviews TERRAIN TRACKS by Purvi Shah
Laurel Johnson reviews THERE ARE WORDS by Burt Kimmelman
Ivy Alvarez reviews A F I E L D by Anthony Hawley
Nathan Logan reviews WORDS IN YOUR FACE: A GUIDED TOUR THROUGH 20 YEARS OF THE NEW YORK POETRY SLAM by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz
Eileen Tabios engages 2 POEMS FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL by Logan Ryan Smith
Kristin Berkey-Abbott reviews BLUE COLONIAL by David Roderick
Eileen Tabios engages LIST'N by Karri Kokko
Laurel Johnson reviews INDIAN TRAINS by Erika T. Wurth
Eileen Tabios engages THE HEART THAT LIES OUTSIDE THE BODY by Stephanie Lenox
Patrick James Dunagan reviews DON'T SAY A WORD by F.A. Nettelbeck
Eileen Tabios engages BEHIND THE WHEEL: POEMS ABOUT DRIVING by Janet S. Wong
THE CRITIC WRITES POEMS
Four Poems by Ivy Alvarez: "Pear", "dumb", "The Tree" and "Parsonage Parlor"
FEATURE ARTICLES
"NOMADIC WAR" by Amy Levine
"MODERN IRONISTS: JOHN BERRYMAN, TED HUGHES, ROCHELLE OWENS, EDWARD DORN" by Rochelle Ratner
FROM OFFLINE TO ONLINE: REPRINTED REVIEWS
Susana Gardner reviews ONCE UPON A NEOLIBERAL ROCKET BADGE by Jules Boykoff
Gina Myers engages LEARNING THE LANGUAGE and CASE SENSITIVE by Kate Greenstreet
Andrew Joron reviews BROKEN WORLD by Joseph Lease
Alfred A. Yuson reviews AT THE DRIVE-IN VOLCANO by Aimee Nezhukumatathil and PASSAGES: POEMS 1983-2006 by Edgar B. Maranan
Alfred A. Yuson reviews SORROWS OF THE CHAMELEON by Ella Wagemakers
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An Editorial Board Meeting?!
March 31, 2008
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EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION
By Eileen Tabios
NEW REVIEWS
Brian Clements engages nine books by John Yau: PARADISO DIASPORA; THE PASSIONATE SPECTATOR: ESSAYS ON ART AND POETRY; ING GRISH (with illustrations by Thomas Nozkowski); BORROWED LOVE POEMS; THE UNITED STATES OF JASPER JOHNS; RADIANT SILHOUETTE; CORPSE AND MIRROR; SOMETIMES; and 100 MORE JOKES FROM THE BOOK OF THE DEAD (with etchings by Archie Rand)
David Goldstein reviews TWENTY-ONE AFTER DAYS by Lisa Lubasch
Patrick James Dunagan reviews CADENZA by Charles North and DOING 70 by Hettie Jones
Séamas Cain reviews SKINNY BUDDHA by Sheila E. Murphy
Raymond John A. de Borja reviews NOISE PICTORIAL NOISE by Eli Noah Gordon
Shanna Compton reviews DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION by Cathy Park Hong
Eileen Tabios engages MAUVE SEA-ORCHIDS by Lila Zemborain, Trans. by Rosa Alcala and Monica de la Torre
John Bloomberg-Rissman reviews RAPID DEPARTURES by Vincent Katz
Eileen Tabios engages IMAGINING A BABY by Bob Marcacci
John Bloomberg-Rissman reviews PRAU by Jean Vengua
Thomas Fink reviews WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN by David Lehman
Kristi Castro reviews SOMETHING BRIGHT, THEN HOLES by Maggie Nelson and [GROWLING SOFTLY] Edited by Juliet Cook and "drilled" by David Foster
Nicholas Manning reviews TEXT LOSES TIME by Nico Vassilakis
Stephen Vincent reviews WHAT’S IN STORE by Trevor Joyce
Eileen Tabios engages ZAMBOANGUENA by Corrine Fitzpatrick
Burt Kimmelman engages eight publications by Basil King: 77 BEASTS; BASIL KING'S BESTIARY; LEARNING TO DRAW / A HISTORY: TWIN TOWERS; MIRAGE: A POEM IN 22 SECTIONS; WARP SPASM; THE POET; IDENTITY; THE COMPLETE MINIATURES; and DEVOTIONS, WITH SELECTIONS FROM A PAINTERS BESTIARY AND 14 DRAWINGS FROM INTENTIONS
Tom Beckett reviews HARLOT by Jill Alexander Essbaum
Patrick James Dunagan reviews HOME AMONG THE SWINGING STARS: COLLECTED POEMS OF JAIME DE ANGULO, Edited by Stefan Hyner with an essay by Andrew Schelling
Juliet Cook engages FEIGN by Kristy Bowen
Anny Ballardini reviews DAYS POEM, VOLS. I and II by Allen Bramhall
Patrick James Dunagan reviews THE FINAL NITE & OTHER POEMS: COMPLETE NOTES FROM A CHARLES GAYLE NOTEBOOK 1987-2006 by Steve Dalachinsky
Karen Rigby reviews THE BEDSIDE GUIDE TO NO TELL MOTEL: SECOND FLOOR, Edited by Reb Livingston and Molly Arden
Nathan Logan reviews THE BEDSIDE GUIDE TO NO TELL MOTEL, Edited by Reb Livingston and Molly Arden
Eileen Tabios engages MY NAME IS ESTHER CLARA by Laurel Johnson; a FOURSQUARE SPECIAL EDITION OF FIVE POEMS by Maureen Thorson; and HERE, LOVE by Jess Rowan
Jeffrey Side reviews BEAMS by Adam Fieled
Jon Cone reviews LITTLE BOAT by Jean Valentine
John Bloomberg-Rissman reviews OVERNIGHT by Paul Violi
Jeff Harrison reviews OPENING AND CLOSING NUMBERS by Anny Ballardini
Eileen Tabios engages AN ARCHITECTURE by Chad Sweeney
Jessica Bozek engages DUMMY FIRE by Sarah Vap
Ryan Daley reviews THE FRANK POEMS by CAConrad
Eileen Tabios engages CLEAVING by Dion Farquhar
Abigail Licad reviews THE ANCHORED ANGEL, SELECTED WRITINGS BY JOSE GARCIA, Edited by Eileen Tabios
Christopher Mulrooney reviews SELECTED POEMS OF GABRIELA MISTRAL, Trans. by Ursula K. Le Guin
Christopher Mulrooney reviews THE BEGINNING AND END OF THE SNOW by Yves Bonnefoy, Trans. by Alan Baker
Lisa Bower reviews TERRAIN TRACKS by Purvi Shah
Laurel Johnson reviews THERE ARE WORDS by Burt Kimmelman
Ivy Alvarez reviews A F I E L D by Anthony Hawley
Nathan Logan reviews WORDS IN YOUR FACE: A GUIDED TOUR THROUGH 20 YEARS OF THE NEW YORK POETRY SLAM by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz
Eileen Tabios engages 2 POEMS FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL by Logan Ryan Smith
Kristin Berkey-Abbott reviews BLUE COLONIAL by David Roderick
Eileen Tabios engages LIST'N by Karri Kokko
Laurel Johnson reviews INDIAN TRAINS by Erika T. Wurth
Eileen Tabios engages THE HEART THAT LIES OUTSIDE THE BODY by Stephanie Lenox
Patrick James Dunagan reviews DON'T SAY A WORD by F.A. Nettelbeck
Eileen Tabios engages BEHIND THE WHEEL: POEMS ABOUT DRIVING by Janet S. Wong
THE CRITIC WRITES POEMS
Four Poems by Ivy Alvarez: "Pear", "dumb", "The Tree" and "Parsonage Parlor"
FEATURE ARTICLES
"NOMADIC WAR" by Amy Levine
"MODERN IRONISTS: JOHN BERRYMAN, TED HUGHES, ROCHELLE OWENS, EDWARD DORN" by Rochelle Ratner
FROM OFFLINE TO ONLINE: REPRINTED REVIEWS
Susana Gardner reviews ONCE UPON A NEOLIBERAL ROCKET BADGE by Jules Boykoff
Gina Myers engages LEARNING THE LANGUAGE and CASE SENSITIVE by Kate Greenstreet
Andrew Joron reviews BROKEN WORLD by Joseph Lease
Alfred A. Yuson reviews AT THE DRIVE-IN VOLCANO by Aimee Nezhukumatathil and PASSAGES: POEMS 1983-2006 by Edgar B. Maranan
Alfred A. Yuson reviews SORROWS OF THE CHAMELEON by Ella Wagemakers
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An Editorial Board Meeting?!
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
ISSUE NO. 8 TABLE OF CONTENTS
November 30, 2007
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EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION
By Eileen Tabios
NEW REVIEWS
Patrick James Dunagan reviews WRITING POETRY: FROM THE INSIDE OUT by Sanford Lyne
Sam Lohmann reviews “BURNING INTERIORS”: DAVID SHAPIRO’S POETRY AND POETICS, Edited by Thomas Fink and Joseph Lease
Patrick James Dunagan reviews RIPPLE EFFECT: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS by Elaine Equi
Sam Lohmann engages RIPPLE EFFECT: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS by Elaine Equi
Ernesto Priego reviews WORLD0 and NO SOUNDS OF MY OWN MAKING by John Bloomberg-Rissman; UNPROTECTED TEXTS and STEPS: A NOTEBOOK by Tom Beckett; and ESTE BIENESTAR, TIBIO/THIS WELL-BEING, WARM, POEMS IN TRANSLATION by Argel Corpus
Barry Schwabsky reviews GLOIRE DES FORMES PRECEDE DE LE DOUBLE CORPS DES IMAGES by Jean Fremon
Patrick Rosal reviews AMIGO WARFARE and ZERO GRAVITY, both by Eric Gamalinda
Eileen Tabios engages AMIGO WARFARE and LYRICS FROM A DEAD LANGUAGE, both by Eric Gamalinda
Thomas Fink reviews FRAGILE REPLACEMENTS by William Allegrezza
Pam Brown engages URBAN MYTHS: 210 POEMS by John Tranter
Rochelle Ratner engages HELEN IN EGYPT by H.D.; LOBA by Diane di Prima; SURVIVAL: A THEMATIC GUIDE TO CANADIAN LITERATURE by Margaret Atwood; and THE JOURNAL OF SUSANNA MOODIE by Margaret Atwood
Lars Palm reviews OPERA BUFA by Adam Fieled
Pam Brown engages BLUE GRASS by Peter Minter
Raymond John De Borja reviews ALL THE PAINTINGS OF THE GIORGIONE by Elizabeth Willis
Eileen Tabios engages WANTON TEXTILES by Reb Livingston and Ravi Shankar
Ryan Daley reviews THE ECSTASY OF CAPITULATION by Daniel Borzutzky
Joe LeClerc reviews CANA QUEMADA [BURNT SUGAR] - CONTEMPORARY CUBAN POETRY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, Edited by Lori Marie Carlson & Oscar Hijuelos
John Bloomberg-Rissman reviews A SPY IN THE HOUSE OF YEARS, CAPITAL and ERRATUM TO A SPY IN THE HOUSE OF YEARS (LEVIATHAN PRESS, 2001), all by Giles Goodland
Nicholas Manning reviews BLACK STONE by Dale Smith
Burt Kimmelman reviews PASSING OVER, POWERS: TRACKVOLUME 3, COLUMNS: TRACKVOLUME 2, TRACK and RESTLESS MESSENGERS, all by Norman Finkelstein
Patrick James Dunagan reviews COMPLETE MINIMAL POEMS by Aram Saroyan
Lisa Bower reviews THE ARCHITECTURE OF LANGUAGE by Quincy Troupe
Jeff Harrison reviews DAYS POEM, VOLS. I and II by Allen Bramhall
Burt Kimmelman reviews FORTY-NINE GUARANTEED WAYS TO ESCAPE DEATH by Sandy McIntosh
Eileen Tabios engages HUMAN SCALE by Michael Kelleher
Pam Brown engages VOODOO REALITIES by Philip Hammial
Laurel Johnson reviews PASSING OVER by Norman Finkelstein
Pamela Hart reviews THREADS by Jill Magi
Lars Palm reviews DOCUMENT by Ana Bozicevic-Bowling
Nicholas Manning reviews OBSTRUCTS/CONSTITUTES by John Crouse
Eric Hoffman reviews N/O by Ron Silliman
William Allegrezza reviews GUESTS OF SPACE by Anselm Hollo
Larissa Shmailo reviews E-X-C-H-A-N-G-E V-A-L-U-E-S: THE FIRST XI INTERVIEWS, Curated by Tom Beckett
Eileen Tabios engages PUBLIC ACCESS #1, Edited by Nicholas Grider
Kristin Berkey-Abbott reviews PIONEERS IN THE STUDY OF MOTION by Susan Briante
Mark Young reviews EL TSUNAMI by Kevin Opstedal
Aileen Ibardaloza engages “LAKBAY-KAMAY”, a poem by Father Albert Alejo; "PSALM 120" in BOOK OF PSALMS, THE NELSON STUDY BIBLE; “OUT BEYOND IDEAS” by Jelludin Rumi in THE ESSENTIAL RUMI, Translated by Coleman Barks; and OUT BEYOND IDEAS, a CD by David Wilcox and Nance Pettit
Kristina Marie Darling reviews INBOX by Noah Eli Gordon
John Bloomberg-Rissman reviews NOVEL PICTORIAL NOISE by Noah Eli Gordon
Kristin Berkey-Abbott reviews THE HAPPINESS EXPERIMENT by Lisa Fishman
Paul Klinger reviews LETTERS TO EARLY STREET by Albert Flynn DeSilver
Eileen Tabios engages FREE by Amanda Laughtland
Ivy Alvarez reviews MOONSHINE by MML Bliss
Beatriz Tabios engages THE BOOK OF THE ROTTEN DAUGHTER by Alice Friman
Eileen Tabios engages BELOVED INTEGER by Michelle Naka Pierce
THE CRITIC WRITES POEMS
Two Poems by Patrick James Dunagan: "Dear Elaine," and "A Sloop in the Heart of Things"
FEATURE ARTICLE
“The Poetry of Put-On” (Addressing Bill Knott, Andrei Codrescu, Armand Schwerner, Jack Spicer, Among Others) by Rochelle Ratner
FROM OFFLINE TO ONLINE: REPRINTED REVIEWS
Murat Nemet-Nejat reviews SUDDEN ADDRESS, SELECTED LECTURES 1981-2006 by Bill Berkson
Scott Glassman reviews SIGHT PROGRESS by Zhang Er, Translated by Rachel Levitsky with the author
Judith Roitman reviews INVERSE and THE BOOK OF OCEAN, both by Maryrose Larkin
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November 30, 2007
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EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION
By Eileen Tabios
NEW REVIEWS
Patrick James Dunagan reviews WRITING POETRY: FROM THE INSIDE OUT by Sanford Lyne
Sam Lohmann reviews “BURNING INTERIORS”: DAVID SHAPIRO’S POETRY AND POETICS, Edited by Thomas Fink and Joseph Lease
Patrick James Dunagan reviews RIPPLE EFFECT: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS by Elaine Equi
Sam Lohmann engages RIPPLE EFFECT: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS by Elaine Equi
Ernesto Priego reviews WORLD0 and NO SOUNDS OF MY OWN MAKING by John Bloomberg-Rissman; UNPROTECTED TEXTS and STEPS: A NOTEBOOK by Tom Beckett; and ESTE BIENESTAR, TIBIO/THIS WELL-BEING, WARM, POEMS IN TRANSLATION by Argel Corpus
Barry Schwabsky reviews GLOIRE DES FORMES PRECEDE DE LE DOUBLE CORPS DES IMAGES by Jean Fremon
Patrick Rosal reviews AMIGO WARFARE and ZERO GRAVITY, both by Eric Gamalinda
Eileen Tabios engages AMIGO WARFARE and LYRICS FROM A DEAD LANGUAGE, both by Eric Gamalinda
Thomas Fink reviews FRAGILE REPLACEMENTS by William Allegrezza
Pam Brown engages URBAN MYTHS: 210 POEMS by John Tranter
Rochelle Ratner engages HELEN IN EGYPT by H.D.; LOBA by Diane di Prima; SURVIVAL: A THEMATIC GUIDE TO CANADIAN LITERATURE by Margaret Atwood; and THE JOURNAL OF SUSANNA MOODIE by Margaret Atwood
Lars Palm reviews OPERA BUFA by Adam Fieled
Pam Brown engages BLUE GRASS by Peter Minter
Raymond John De Borja reviews ALL THE PAINTINGS OF THE GIORGIONE by Elizabeth Willis
Eileen Tabios engages WANTON TEXTILES by Reb Livingston and Ravi Shankar
Ryan Daley reviews THE ECSTASY OF CAPITULATION by Daniel Borzutzky
Joe LeClerc reviews CANA QUEMADA [BURNT SUGAR] - CONTEMPORARY CUBAN POETRY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, Edited by Lori Marie Carlson & Oscar Hijuelos
John Bloomberg-Rissman reviews A SPY IN THE HOUSE OF YEARS, CAPITAL and ERRATUM TO A SPY IN THE HOUSE OF YEARS (LEVIATHAN PRESS, 2001), all by Giles Goodland
Nicholas Manning reviews BLACK STONE by Dale Smith
Burt Kimmelman reviews PASSING OVER, POWERS: TRACKVOLUME 3, COLUMNS: TRACKVOLUME 2, TRACK and RESTLESS MESSENGERS, all by Norman Finkelstein
Patrick James Dunagan reviews COMPLETE MINIMAL POEMS by Aram Saroyan
Lisa Bower reviews THE ARCHITECTURE OF LANGUAGE by Quincy Troupe
Jeff Harrison reviews DAYS POEM, VOLS. I and II by Allen Bramhall
Burt Kimmelman reviews FORTY-NINE GUARANTEED WAYS TO ESCAPE DEATH by Sandy McIntosh
Eileen Tabios engages HUMAN SCALE by Michael Kelleher
Pam Brown engages VOODOO REALITIES by Philip Hammial
Laurel Johnson reviews PASSING OVER by Norman Finkelstein
Pamela Hart reviews THREADS by Jill Magi
Lars Palm reviews DOCUMENT by Ana Bozicevic-Bowling
Nicholas Manning reviews OBSTRUCTS/CONSTITUTES by John Crouse
Eric Hoffman reviews N/O by Ron Silliman
William Allegrezza reviews GUESTS OF SPACE by Anselm Hollo
Larissa Shmailo reviews E-X-C-H-A-N-G-E V-A-L-U-E-S: THE FIRST XI INTERVIEWS, Curated by Tom Beckett
Eileen Tabios engages PUBLIC ACCESS #1, Edited by Nicholas Grider
Kristin Berkey-Abbott reviews PIONEERS IN THE STUDY OF MOTION by Susan Briante
Mark Young reviews EL TSUNAMI by Kevin Opstedal
Aileen Ibardaloza engages “LAKBAY-KAMAY”, a poem by Father Albert Alejo; "PSALM 120" in BOOK OF PSALMS, THE NELSON STUDY BIBLE; “OUT BEYOND IDEAS” by Jelludin Rumi in THE ESSENTIAL RUMI, Translated by Coleman Barks; and OUT BEYOND IDEAS, a CD by David Wilcox and Nance Pettit
Kristina Marie Darling reviews INBOX by Noah Eli Gordon
John Bloomberg-Rissman reviews NOVEL PICTORIAL NOISE by Noah Eli Gordon
Kristin Berkey-Abbott reviews THE HAPPINESS EXPERIMENT by Lisa Fishman
Paul Klinger reviews LETTERS TO EARLY STREET by Albert Flynn DeSilver
Eileen Tabios engages FREE by Amanda Laughtland
Ivy Alvarez reviews MOONSHINE by MML Bliss
Beatriz Tabios engages THE BOOK OF THE ROTTEN DAUGHTER by Alice Friman
Eileen Tabios engages BELOVED INTEGER by Michelle Naka Pierce
THE CRITIC WRITES POEMS
Two Poems by Patrick James Dunagan: "Dear Elaine," and "A Sloop in the Heart of Things"
FEATURE ARTICLE
“The Poetry of Put-On” (Addressing Bill Knott, Andrei Codrescu, Armand Schwerner, Jack Spicer, Among Others) by Rochelle Ratner
FROM OFFLINE TO ONLINE: REPRINTED REVIEWS
Murat Nemet-Nejat reviews SUDDEN ADDRESS, SELECTED LECTURES 1981-2006 by Bill Berkson
Scott Glassman reviews SIGHT PROGRESS by Zhang Er, Translated by Rachel Levitsky with the author
Judith Roitman reviews INVERSE and THE BOOK OF OCEAN, both by Maryrose Larkin
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Wednesday, August 29, 2007
ISSUE NO. 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Aug. 31, 2007
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EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION
By Eileen Tabios
NEW REVIEWS
Jessica Bozek reviews AFTER YOU, DEAREST LANGUAGE by Marisol Limon Martinez
Nicholas Manning reviews POEM FOR THE END OF TIME AND OTHER POEMS by Noelle Kocot
Eileen Tabios engages THE STEAM SEQUENCE by Carly Sachs
Brian Strang reviews BROKEN WORLD by Joseph Lease
Brenda Iijima reviews A HALF-RED SEA by Evie Shockley
Patrick James Dunagan reviews A FIDDLE PULLED FROM THE THROAT OF A SPARROW by Noah Eli Gordon
Nicholas Grider reviews INSECT COUNTRY (A), INSECT COUNTRY (B), and the INSECT TUTELAGE BLOG by Sawako Nakayasu
Patrick James Dunagan reviews TRAFFIC: A PUBLICATION OF SMALL PRESS TRAFFIC, ISSUES 1 AND 2, (2005-2007) edited by Elizabeth Treadwell
Teresa Carmody reviews [one love affair]* by Jenny Boully
John Bloomberg-Rissman reviews THE BODY ACHES and NOT EVEN DOGS by Ernesto Priego
Nicholas Grider reviews NETS by Jen Bervin
Patrick James Dunagan reviews HOUSE ORGAN #58 Win/Spr ’07 edited by Kenneth Warren
Nicholas Manning reviews GUESTS OF SPACE by Anselm Hollo
Rochita Loenen-Ruiz reviews THE GODS WE WORSHIP LIVE NEXT DOOR by Bino A. Realuyo
Jennifer Bartlett reviews THE SECOND CHILD by Deborah Garrison
Eileen Tabios engages BROKEN/OPEN by Jill Jones
Laurel Johnson reviews THE ELEPHANT HOUSE by Claudia Carlson
Alysha Wood reviews a(A)ugust by Akilah Oliver, with collages by Brenda Iijima
Eileen Tabios engages BELLUM LETTERS by Michelle Detorie
Steve Halle reviews POSIT by Adam Fieled
Paul Klinger reviews THE BOOK OF OCEAN BY Maryrose Larkin
Michelle Detorie reviews BIRDS AND FANCIES by Elizabeth Treadwell
Eileen Tabios engages ERRATUM to and including A SPY IN THE HOUSE OF YEARS (LEVIATHAN PRESS, 2001) by Giles Goodland
Craig Santos Perez reviews NAMES ABOVE HOUSES by Oliver de la Paz
Christopher Mulrooney reviews OSIP MANDELSTAM: NEW TRANSLATIONS edited by Ilya Bernstein
Craig Santos Perez reviews ANYWHERE AVENUE by Oscar Bermeo
Christopher Mulrooney reviews STIGMATA ERRATA ETCETERA by Bill Knott, with collages by Star Black
Nicholas Grider reviews THE STATES, Vols. 1 and 2 by Craig Foltz, designed and edited by designed and edited by Ellie Ga, and with photographs by William Gillespie, Justin Ulmer, Martin Bland, Sabra Cox, Kristina Del Pino, Simona Schneider, Florence Neal, Jon Ciliberto, Stephen Mead, Christa HOlka, Don Goede, Lyn Lifshin, Shelton Walsmith, Marie Kazalia, Rebekah Travis, Lara Khalil, Tracy Lee Carroll, Jennifer Stahl, Barbara Henning, Jade Doskow, David McConeghy, Jared Zimmerman, Alice Arnold, Robert Matson, Mary Wrenn, Julia Marta Clapp, Tina Burton, Jim Simandl, Philip Metres, Chris Hampton, Hayley Barker, Thomas Ciufo, Meredyth Sparks, Shannon Shaper, Renae Morehead, Ryn Gargulinski, Robert S. Dunn, Jen Hofer, David Gatten, Jerilyn Myran, Shara Shisheboran, Courtney Fischer, ARiana Smart Truman, Tod Seelie, David W. Lee, Katherine McDowell, Mike Mahaffie, Willile Baronet, Karen Lillis, Paul Yoo, Justin Simonsen and Elizabeth Willis.
Beatriz Tabios engages BRIDGEABLE SHORES: SELECTED POEMS (1969-2001) by Luis Cabalquinto
Carlos Hiraldo reviews THE SALESMAN'S SHOES by James Roderick Burns
Nicholas Manning reviews FOLLY by Nada Gordon
Alysha Wood reviews trespasses by Padcha Tuntha-obas
Kristin Berkey-Abbott reviews THE MCSWEENEY BOOK OF POETS PICKING POETS edited by Dominic Lumford
Joe LeClerc reviews THE ENEMY SELF: POETRY & CRITICISM OF LAURA RIDING edited by Barbara Adams
Hugh Fox reviews LIBIDO DREAMS: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS by Glenna Luschei
Laurel Johnson reviews THE MOUNTAIN IN THE SEA by Victor Hernandez Cruz
Craig Santos Perez reviews THE WIND SHIFTS: NEW LATINO POETRY edited by Francisco Aragon
Kristin Berkey-Abbott reviews PUNK POEMS by John Burgess
Julie R. Enszer Reviews SUGARING by Ann Cefola
Julie R. Enszer Reviews TEAHOUSE OF THE ALMIGHTY by Patricia Smith
Julie R. Enszer Reviews CINEPHRASTICS by Kathleen Ossip
Julie R. Enszer Reviews THE PARAGON by Kathrine Varnes
Julie R. Enszer Reviews KALI’S BLADE by Michelle Bautista
Julie R. Enszer Reviews three books by Rochelle Ratner: QUARRY, COMBING THE WAVES, and PRACTICING TO BE A WOMAN
FEATURE ARTICLES
"Objections to the Beauty-Object: A Reading of Two Poems by Barbara Guest" by Catherine Wagner
"The Ocean At Night: An Inside Look at the Poetry Process" by Aimee Celino Nezhukumatathil
FROM OFFLINE TO ONLINE: REPRINTED REVIEWS
Catherine Wagner reviews 19 VARIETIES OF GAZELLE: POEMS OF THE MIDDLE EAST by Naomi Shihab Nye and EMAILS FROM SCHEHEREZAD by Mohja Kahf
Catherine Wagner reviews CATALOGUE OF COMEDIC NOVELTIES: SELECTED POEMS by Lev Rubinstein, Translated by Philip Metres and Tatiana Tulchinsky
Catherine Wagner engages four books by Alice Notley: DISOBEDIENCE, MARGARET AND DUSTY, MYSTERIES OF SMALL HOUSES and SELECTED POEMS
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Aug. 31, 2007
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EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION
By Eileen Tabios
NEW REVIEWS
Jessica Bozek reviews AFTER YOU, DEAREST LANGUAGE by Marisol Limon Martinez
Nicholas Manning reviews POEM FOR THE END OF TIME AND OTHER POEMS by Noelle Kocot
Eileen Tabios engages THE STEAM SEQUENCE by Carly Sachs
Brian Strang reviews BROKEN WORLD by Joseph Lease
Brenda Iijima reviews A HALF-RED SEA by Evie Shockley
Patrick James Dunagan reviews A FIDDLE PULLED FROM THE THROAT OF A SPARROW by Noah Eli Gordon
Nicholas Grider reviews INSECT COUNTRY (A), INSECT COUNTRY (B), and the INSECT TUTELAGE BLOG by Sawako Nakayasu
Patrick James Dunagan reviews TRAFFIC: A PUBLICATION OF SMALL PRESS TRAFFIC, ISSUES 1 AND 2, (2005-2007) edited by Elizabeth Treadwell
Teresa Carmody reviews [one love affair]* by Jenny Boully
John Bloomberg-Rissman reviews THE BODY ACHES and NOT EVEN DOGS by Ernesto Priego
Nicholas Grider reviews NETS by Jen Bervin
Patrick James Dunagan reviews HOUSE ORGAN #58 Win/Spr ’07 edited by Kenneth Warren
Nicholas Manning reviews GUESTS OF SPACE by Anselm Hollo
Rochita Loenen-Ruiz reviews THE GODS WE WORSHIP LIVE NEXT DOOR by Bino A. Realuyo
Jennifer Bartlett reviews THE SECOND CHILD by Deborah Garrison
Eileen Tabios engages BROKEN/OPEN by Jill Jones
Laurel Johnson reviews THE ELEPHANT HOUSE by Claudia Carlson
Alysha Wood reviews a(A)ugust by Akilah Oliver, with collages by Brenda Iijima
Eileen Tabios engages BELLUM LETTERS by Michelle Detorie
Steve Halle reviews POSIT by Adam Fieled
Paul Klinger reviews THE BOOK OF OCEAN BY Maryrose Larkin
Michelle Detorie reviews BIRDS AND FANCIES by Elizabeth Treadwell
Eileen Tabios engages ERRATUM to and including A SPY IN THE HOUSE OF YEARS (LEVIATHAN PRESS, 2001) by Giles Goodland
Craig Santos Perez reviews NAMES ABOVE HOUSES by Oliver de la Paz
Christopher Mulrooney reviews OSIP MANDELSTAM: NEW TRANSLATIONS edited by Ilya Bernstein
Craig Santos Perez reviews ANYWHERE AVENUE by Oscar Bermeo
Christopher Mulrooney reviews STIGMATA ERRATA ETCETERA by Bill Knott, with collages by Star Black
Nicholas Grider reviews THE STATES, Vols. 1 and 2 by Craig Foltz, designed and edited by designed and edited by Ellie Ga, and with photographs by William Gillespie, Justin Ulmer, Martin Bland, Sabra Cox, Kristina Del Pino, Simona Schneider, Florence Neal, Jon Ciliberto, Stephen Mead, Christa HOlka, Don Goede, Lyn Lifshin, Shelton Walsmith, Marie Kazalia, Rebekah Travis, Lara Khalil, Tracy Lee Carroll, Jennifer Stahl, Barbara Henning, Jade Doskow, David McConeghy, Jared Zimmerman, Alice Arnold, Robert Matson, Mary Wrenn, Julia Marta Clapp, Tina Burton, Jim Simandl, Philip Metres, Chris Hampton, Hayley Barker, Thomas Ciufo, Meredyth Sparks, Shannon Shaper, Renae Morehead, Ryn Gargulinski, Robert S. Dunn, Jen Hofer, David Gatten, Jerilyn Myran, Shara Shisheboran, Courtney Fischer, ARiana Smart Truman, Tod Seelie, David W. Lee, Katherine McDowell, Mike Mahaffie, Willile Baronet, Karen Lillis, Paul Yoo, Justin Simonsen and Elizabeth Willis.
Beatriz Tabios engages BRIDGEABLE SHORES: SELECTED POEMS (1969-2001) by Luis Cabalquinto
Carlos Hiraldo reviews THE SALESMAN'S SHOES by James Roderick Burns
Nicholas Manning reviews FOLLY by Nada Gordon
Alysha Wood reviews trespasses by Padcha Tuntha-obas
Kristin Berkey-Abbott reviews THE MCSWEENEY BOOK OF POETS PICKING POETS edited by Dominic Lumford
Joe LeClerc reviews THE ENEMY SELF: POETRY & CRITICISM OF LAURA RIDING edited by Barbara Adams
Hugh Fox reviews LIBIDO DREAMS: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS by Glenna Luschei
Laurel Johnson reviews THE MOUNTAIN IN THE SEA by Victor Hernandez Cruz
Craig Santos Perez reviews THE WIND SHIFTS: NEW LATINO POETRY edited by Francisco Aragon
Kristin Berkey-Abbott reviews PUNK POEMS by John Burgess
Julie R. Enszer Reviews SUGARING by Ann Cefola
Julie R. Enszer Reviews TEAHOUSE OF THE ALMIGHTY by Patricia Smith
Julie R. Enszer Reviews CINEPHRASTICS by Kathleen Ossip
Julie R. Enszer Reviews THE PARAGON by Kathrine Varnes
Julie R. Enszer Reviews KALI’S BLADE by Michelle Bautista
Julie R. Enszer Reviews three books by Rochelle Ratner: QUARRY, COMBING THE WAVES, and PRACTICING TO BE A WOMAN
FEATURE ARTICLES
"Objections to the Beauty-Object: A Reading of Two Poems by Barbara Guest" by Catherine Wagner
"The Ocean At Night: An Inside Look at the Poetry Process" by Aimee Celino Nezhukumatathil
FROM OFFLINE TO ONLINE: REPRINTED REVIEWS
Catherine Wagner reviews 19 VARIETIES OF GAZELLE: POEMS OF THE MIDDLE EAST by Naomi Shihab Nye and EMAILS FROM SCHEHEREZAD by Mohja Kahf
Catherine Wagner reviews CATALOGUE OF COMEDIC NOVELTIES: SELECTED POEMS by Lev Rubinstein, Translated by Philip Metres and Tatiana Tulchinsky
Catherine Wagner engages four books by Alice Notley: DISOBEDIENCE, MARGARET AND DUSTY, MYSTERIES OF SMALL HOUSES and SELECTED POEMS
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