Most months of the year, I’m lucky enough to attend at least one prose or poetry reading each week. At Kenyon College, where I am currently employed, most of our readings are held at Finn House, the gingerbread-esque cottage that…
Venues for Readings: The Noisy, The Cavernous, The Strange
Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers
April 20, 2013
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On Being (Re-)invited
M. Lynx Qualey
April 19, 2013
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A few days ago, I published a commentary on my dis-invitation from the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair. Yesterday, as I opened my computer feeling even more scattered than usual, I saw a message from a friend at the fair,…
April Reviews: Margaret Ross
Zach Savich
April 18, 2013
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When reading the most recent releases from The Catenary Press, an Iowa City-based publisher of chapbooks, one might initially overlook Margaret Ross’s Decay Constant: Ross’s collection came out alongside volumes by Robyn Schiff and Jennifer Moxley that showcase the restless,…
April Reviews: Joshua Marie Wilkinson
Zach Savich
April 18, 2013
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It’s tempting to discuss Joshua Marie Wilkinson’s poetry through metaphors from film: Wilkinson is a filmmaker, after all, a fact that his poetry recalls both overtly (his 2009 collection is titled The Book of Whispering in the Projection Booth) and…
De-Colognizing the Body
Craig Santos Perez
April 17, 2013
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My office is on the sixth floor of a building that has a single, unreliable elevator. I dread taking the elevator, not because I might get trapped inside (it has happened to me twice already), but because I fear being…
