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Dismantling Wisdom: A Brief Conversation with Ed Bok Lee

By on December 7, 2011 in INTERVIEW, POETRY

Poet Ed Bok Lee discusses Whorled, his second collection, the past as sacred text, and poetry as the dismantler of wisdom.

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Fork Over the Gold: Yuri Rytkheu’s Chukchi Bible

By on September 5, 2011 in FICTION, NONFICTION, PROSE, TRANSLATION

Boris Dralyuk catalogues false interpretations—backed unfortunately by Winchesters—and contextualizes the Chukchi people within the Soviet sociopolitical mindset in his appreciative review of Yuri Rytkheu’s The Chukchi Bible.

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Explaining Treacle: A Conversation with Paul Farley

By on June 22, 2010 in INTERVIEW, POETRY

I discovered Paul Farley’s poetry in the Graywolf anthology New British Poetry (2004), edited by Don Paterson and Charles Simic, and immediately fell in love with his work, the seamless integration of natural speech rhythms and hauntingly spare imagery. The anthology influenced me so greatly I wound up attending graduate school in the UK, where [...]

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What is the Result?: W.C. Williams’ American History

By on February 12, 2010 in NONFICTION

This collection of essays is an experiment to tell the story of American history through poetic prose impressions rather than facts and dates.

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American ROMANCES, Rebecca Brown

By on August 25, 2009 in NONFICTION

Because of The Haunted House, The Gifts of the Body, and The End of Youth, Rebecca Brown’s writings have been regarded by many as some of the greatest contributions to contemporary gay and lesbian literature.

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