I saw a video online of Ed Sanders, Jack Kerouac and Lewis Yablonsky discussing the political moment happening in 1968 with William F. Buckley on Firing Line recently. I asked Ed Sanders if he still stands by the visions of love & light that he talked about in that interview. I really hoped he Read more
The February/March 2017 issue of The Poetry Project Newsletter is online now. Issue #250 includes: “Madmen Who Were Poets,” a chapter from The Necklace Without Peer by Ibn ‘Abd Rabbihi from David Larsen Poetry from Sasha Smith, Nicole Shanté White and Jayson P. Smith Art from Rachel Schragis‘ Confronting the Climate: A Flowchart Read more
I was particularly happy with the timeliness of issue #249, now available online. The George Schneeman cover felt really perfect for election season. Contents include Marcella Durand on Paul Blackburn and an interview with Anselm Berrigan about his book of Newsletter interviews, What Is Poetry? (Just Kidding, I Know You Know). Read more
2017 means my gig as editor for the Poetry Project Newsletter is almost up. I’m really pleased with all the issues that have managed to come together while I’ve been holding the reins. Poetry Project Newsletter #248 is now available online here. Issue #248 features: Memorials for Ted Greenwald and Bill Berkson Read more
The April / May 2016 issue of the Poetry Project Newsletter is available online now. This issue includes: Matthew Burgess in conversation with Ron Padgett; Margarita Shalina on St. Mark’s Bookshop, Poetry by Alice Notley, Art by Alberto Borea and reviews: Caitie Moore on Don Mee Choi; Mel Elberg on Tony Read more
The February / March issue of the Poetry Project Newsletter is now available for download on the Project site here. In addition to all the regular Project goings on, #246 includes poetry from Amber Atiya, art from Steffani Jemison and Oasa DuVerney, a conversation between Barbara Henning & Patricia Spears Read more
I may have failed to mention, but I’m editing the newsletter for The Poetry Project these days. The first one I did, #244, just got put online and is now available for download as a pdf. I’m so grateful to the generous folks at University of Toronto for sharing this fantastic image Read more
Some of my chit-chat with Pierre Joris and Jerome Rothenberg on international poetry/poetics– specifically notions of borders boundaries and refuge– from the most recent Poetry Project newsletter (issue #245) is now available on the Project website.