Australian poet John Mateer contemplates recent literary events in Bali and Perth, Australia, celebrating a wide range of world writers and detailing his own offerings to the Gods of Attention.
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World Prose Portfolio #7: Dennis Walder
THE SWEEPER Luca first turned up during the siege. He was ragged and unkempt, like any morlach from the mountains. He came striding into our midst, his black hair brushed forward over his brow, deep lines on either side of his mouth, his eyes staring, like he was a little mad. He said the soldiers [...]
World Poetry Portfolio #30: Kwame Dawes
Sudeep Sen presents Kwame Dawes’ 14-section poem about the things “no one’s convening a panel for AWP on,” including the surrealist poet who lost his mind, Frank and Sammy, and the “poet [that] trims his whiskers/to fly the skies these days.”
World Poetry Portfolio #29: Anastassis Vistonitis
Sudeep Sen presents ten poems by Greek poet Anastassis Vistonitis, in David Connolly’s translation, as the 29th installment of his World Poetry Portfolio.
The Evolutionary Next Level: Sponsorship & Book
The moustache is the evolutionary next level to enlightenment. – Oscar Wilde