Issue 63 | June 2020
No Holds Barred: On Manuel Vilas
An essay on the inventive, desolate, and celebratory writing of Spanish poet Manuel Vilas.
What Was Before comes Back: Tess Taylor’s California Chronicles
Tess Taylor is one of our great poets of nature and the premier chronicler of her native California.
Imperial Romance and American Dreams
If a thoughtful return to Kipling can wake us up from our settler capitalist fantasy, it is worth that return.
A Moment’s Hesitation: The Indirect Language of Similes
Unlike the metaphor, the simile signals its own happening. It deals in images and concepts, setting these next to each other while retaining their separate identities.
Conversations: John Hennessy, Ostap Kin & Serhiy Zhadan
A wide-ranging conversation among 3 authors across 2 languages, touching upon poetics and politics, the war in Ukraine, the pandemic, and more.
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