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Hold Steady [by Michael Robbins]
When I was a wee bairn in the seventies, a mass-market paperback called The Poetry of Rock was often to be found among the macramé and marijuana seeds. This anthology was a weird little…
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Meet the Press: Nin Andrews in Conversation with Rodger Moody of Silverfish Review Press
NA: Silverfish Review Press has been a press since 1978. Have you always been the editor? How has the press evolved since then? RM: I’m the founding editor. Silverfish began as a literary…
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On A. R. Ammons’s Birthday: Two Poems in his manner by Atoosa Grey
Merging From behind the creek’sleft eyeI saidwhat is that noisecrackling The creek replied That is the soundof my lipsclapping I splashedmy leafy handsin the waterto stir laughter intothe creek’s voice Twin I chased the Sun…
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Real Life Poetry Top Five [by Michael Robbins]
(1) John Jeremiah Sullivan, Pulphead. Years go by, perfectly good records are released that you like and listen to a lot, then something like Supreme Clientele or Arular comes along, and you realize everyone…
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Fuck Them [by Michael Robbins]
Most of the poets I know are atheists. Hell, most of the people I know are atheists. Given that only 1.6 percent of Americans self-identify as "atheists," I conclude that I live in a…
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Eye on I
Television host Johnny Carson once challenged a guest to speak for five minutes without using "I." He and his guest sat in silence for what seemed like a long time (since it was TV,…
