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An Interview with Stephanie Brown, Part 2: Taking Permission: Motherhood, Poetry Writing & Casual Sexism [by Heather J. Macpherson]
If I might backtrack a little to your commentary on feminist concerns: What strikes me the most in "Mommy is a Scary Narcissist" is the concept of looking, whether at the self, others,…
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For Autumn: Poems by Latino/a/xs: Francisco Aragon
Unknown Distances, inkjet print on canvas, 2012, iliana emilia garcia “UNKNOWN DISTANCES” by Francisco Aragon Not this deserted stretch of beach this morning fog… And that slick border of sand…
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“Of a whorehouse in Odessa….” (by Mitch Sisskind)
Of a whorehouse in Odessa Isaac Babel wroteThat sometimes groans of pleasure liftedThe whole building six inches off the ground.So too it was at the Commonwealth HotelOn the corner of Pine Grove and DiverseyWhere…
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An Interview with Stephanie Brown Part 1: Intentionality & the Influential Six [by Heather J. Macpherson]
Stephanie Brown is by far one of our most fearless contemporary American poets. Her first collection, Allegory of the Supermarket (University of Georgia Press, 1998) explores the dynamic extremes of suburban discord and the self.…
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Fists that Bloomed Like Devotions: Dante Di Stefano Reviews Phillip B. Williams’ Thief in the Interior
Thief in the InteriorPhillip B. WilliamsAlice James Books, 2016 Phillip B. Williams' debut collection, Thief in the Interior, absconds with luminous witness from the darkest places in our culture: the shadow’s hem, the…
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Heather J. Macpherson, Guest Author October 17-21
This week we welcome Heather J. Macpherson as our guest author. Heather is the executive director at Damfino Press, which publishes an online journal, sponsors an annual chapbook contest, and publishes Five Poems, a yearly…
