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  • Wings Knitted from Thin Ribbons of Wind: Dante Di Stefano Reviews Faisal Mohyuddin’s The Riddle of Longing

    March 19, 2018

    The Riddle of LongingFaisal MohyuddinBackbone Press, 2017 The Riddle of Longing, Faisal Mohyuddin’s ecstatic, brimming, debut chapbook begins with the lines: “We have always been the displaced children of displaced children, / tethered by…

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  • Where My Dreaming and My Loving Live: Poetry & the Body: Jennifer Elise Foerster

    March 18, 2018

    From the Lake No. 1, 1924, oil on canvas, Georgia O'Keeffe Refrain by Jennifer Elise Foerster  There is a woman who whistlesfrom the arroyo—oh hollow boneyou have a body you cannot carry alone. What I…

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  • Introducing “Next Line, Please” a masterclass in writing in form and collaborative composition.

    March 16, 2018

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  • “Girl Writing a Letter” [by William Carpenter]

    March 16, 2018

    A thief drives to the museum in his black van. The night watchman says Sorry, closed, you have to come back tomorrow. The thief sticks the point of his knife in the guard's ear.…

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  • Where My Dreaming and My Loving Live: Poetry & the Body: Achy Obejas

    March 14, 2018

    Arbol de la Vida (Tree of Life), from the Silueta series, 1976, Ana Mendieta In the Afternoon by Achy Obejas You worry between pots and pansabout your body swollen;straightening your back,the snail's roundness your…

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  • A Paris contemporary dance & performance primer: Festival d’automne & Festival Kalypso, Faits d’hiver & Rencontres internationales [by Tracy Danison]

    March 14, 2018

    “Rencontres internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis” from 16 May to 16 June 2018, will feature, among other outstanding choreographers and performers from across Europe, Lisbeth Gruwez, Oona Doherty, and new talent Matthieu Barbin in the Castel…

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