Literary Nonfiction. Poetry History & Criticism. LGBT Studies. "I think of aspiration as the state where a poet's thrown together life-structures both invite and are breached by the poet's preoccu
Fire Break is a suite of untitled lyric poems which move through a succession of present moments, bringing through the weave both hard-edged engagement and uncommon harmonics. In the mix can be heard
George Albon's Momentary Songs sound the possibilities of forwardness ana hope in a surrounding twilight of unprecedented venality. Using a variety of registers-lyrical inquiry, Blakean exhortation, t
Lyric Multiples comprises four essays written over the last decade. The subject is poetry but the essays range over such topics as the evolution of the human call, ascensional modes of thinking, pop s
Poetry. NAVIGATION is a 25-year retrospective look at the work of Dennis Phillips, from his first book in 1985, The Hero Is Nothing, to the most recent fine-print edition, Study for the Possibility of
Poet and scholar Susan Gevirtz's new book Coming Events (Collected Writings) undertakes the search for what she calls a "third apprehension," via questions concerning childhood learning; the vexed sub