Poetry’s Fork: A Review of Two Anthologies of Conceptual Writing
Edgar Garcia surveys contemporary American experimental poetry, including Craig Dworkin and Kenneth Goldsmith / Caroline Bergvall, Laynie Browne, Teresa Carmody and Vanessa Place
Edgar Garcia surveys contemporary American experimental poetry, including Craig Dworkin and Kenneth Goldsmith / Caroline Bergvall, Laynie Browne, Teresa Carmody and Vanessa Place
Some reading suggestions that might elucidate, antagonize, support, or deepen your ideas about the current nationwide OWS Movement.
Robert Duncan's critical appreciation of H.D. reveals a series of poetic heresies he would share with his great predecessor, Ezra Pound.
Geoff Dyer's protagonists in 'Out of Sheer Rage' are procrastinators who get the real work done.
Edgar Garcia explores Nathaniel Mackey's call to reimagine the American borderzones.
Way before the revolution in Egypt, bloggers and writers like Alaa Al-Aswany and Khamed Al-Khamissi were calling attention to society's ills through art.
In Manhattan, a Second Ave tiger is on the loose. In Queens, a balding middle-aged dad loses his job and spends a night experiencing hipster loft living. In Vietnam, it's all about Napoleon and KFC. Hydra's review of the best, funniest, most intelligent fiction of 2010.
As I sat down with the first issue of the Dory Reader, poems by Jen Bervin, it became apparent to me that a dory, although modest in size, still conveys something from a larger body. The point, in other words, is to fish.
Paul Chan's new e-book publishing house, Badlands Unlimited, has prompted both excitement and dismay. I interviewed Badlands' Director of Operations Ian Cheng about their project: what they hoped to accomplish, what they feared...what they did in the office on mescaline...
