One-third of the finalists for the awards are small press books. Bravo, N.B.C.C.! While I’d love to see Paul Beatty’s…
A David Bowie of Literature?
Is there a David Bowie of literature?—such an asinine question, as dumb as asking, “Is there a Virginia Woolf of…
Barzakh: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!
The editorial staff at Barzakh is happy to announce that submissions for Issue 8 are now open! As a multigenre,…
Why bpNichol Still Matters
Last month, the New York Times ran an interesting piece by Alexandra Alter with the heavily alliterative and assonantal title…
Trees Are Alphabets
Below is information about a fantastic-sounding exhibition that will open on the 26th at The Bronx Museum of the Arts.…
Bernar Venet and the History of Conceptual Poetry
In writing about Language to Cover a Page: The Early Writings of Vito Acconci (2006), edited by Craig Dworkin, Marjorie Perloff remarks…
On Nathaniel Mackey’s Blue Fasa (New Directions, 2015)
My review-essay on Nathaniel Mackey entitled “Root Work” appeared in the Boston Review yesterday. This is from the very beginning: Nathaniel…