On Verse
Analogous Effects: on Rajorshi Patranababis’ translation of Sabari Ray’s Buddha and Void
“Translating is producing analogous effects by different means.” Paul Valéry Literary translation does not involve only the rendering of a text from one language into another but also a rendering…
A collection of recollections: on Joshua Omeke’s Joe’s Collectanea
Omeke’s collection comprises poems on the ecosystem, immigration, health, religion, and a kind of Africanized science-fiction.
“There are no whole stories, only fragments:” The Poetry of Gopal Lahiri
Lahiri is a priest who presides over its rituals of adoration, chanting the mantras of creation.
Trans-Parency: An Appreciation of Mary Meriam
An appreciation of the True Countess of the Enchanted Forest Of Flatbroke.
So Says My Interiority: Mary Jo Bang’s A Film in Which I Play Everyone
Reading these poems asks us, guides us, to read everything with our whole being.
No Number of Dictionaries Can Save You: on Ian Ganassi’s True for the Moment
When you reach the end of the book, you can almost hear the air escaping.
Zeitgeist & Gristle: an Ecocritical Appraisal of Specter Mountain
When all is said and done, the mountain grants no quarter to those who refuse to respect its dominion.
A Local Habitation and a Name: On Luke Fischer’s A Gamble for My Daughter
Fischer is a poet of unique ambition and intelligence.
A Song Sung to Whoever I Am: Ron Slate’s Joy Ride
Joy Ride resonates with the transcendent importance of art in opposition to literal objectification.