Parrots Descend on HTMLGiant December 17, 2012: Grant Maierhofer reviews a bunch of Parrot series chapbooks, published by Insert Blanc Press, over at HTMLGiant. Maierhofer begins by probing into the shadowy origins of Insert Blanc, writing: The Parrot series, published by Insert Blanc Press, was much like its imprint started in a mess of pleasant confusion—my understanding is [...] by Harriet Staff

Not a Matter of Resisting Interpretation: Steven Zultanski on Vanessa Place’s Statement of Facts November 2, 2012: Steven Zultanski gives Vanessa Place's much-discussed Statement of Facts (Blanc Press 2010) the short, nay thorough, statement at Jacket2. Zultanski offers 1) Context, 2) The relativist’s position, 3) The moralist's position, 4) The realist's position, and 5) Anti-context. The Claudius App 1 published a sample of what Zultanski is referring [...] by Harriet Staff

Poetry’s Final Moments Caught on Film October 11, 2012: If you remember back to April when Kenny Goldsmith posted this essay by Vanessa Place declaring Poetry Is Dead (by her hand, mind you), you may have balked at such a brazen declaration. We now have video evidence of the slaying. The video is R-Rated, so if there are any small children in the room right now, you may want to cover their eyes. Many [...] by Harriet Staff

A Must-Read Post for Women Poets—And Everyone Else August 15, 2012: Over at Best American Poetry, some of our favorite poets--Sandra Simonds, Sina Queyras, Elisa Gabbert, Shanna Compton, Juliana Spahr, Vanessa Place and Danielle Pafunda--had a great discussion about being a woman in the literary world and its accompanying blogosphere. While it's frustrating that certain poets are invited on to panels just to [...] by Harriet Staff

What Matters (or Not): Samuel Solomon on LA’s Q.E.D. Part 2 July 6, 2012: Something nutritious at HTMLGIANT: Samuel Solomon has written up the second round of the Les Figues Q.E.D. series of talks, which focused on queer art and literature and took place over the spring months in Los Angeles' historic MAK-Schindler House, "L.A.’s original nod to green architecture." Moderated by Vanessa Place, the May 9 "WHAT [...] by Harriet Staff

Vanessa Place Talks Texts as Presentational, New Projects at BOMBLOG March 8, 2012: Over at BOMBLOG is a Q&A with Vanessa Place and Andrea Quaid, "on the simultaneity, reflection, and transformation of conceptualism." First, Quaid updates us on Place's current projects: Newly published by P-queue Editions, The Father & Childhood is a selection from a second serial work, Boycott Project, with the eagerly awaited [...] by Harriet Staff

Asian Vampire Sensuality and Other Problems April 5, 2011: Barbara Jane Reyes: "My question is about women of color publishing now. Why so dispersed? Why so defanged? Why so reticent, so deferential to others’ authority?" Quick answer: The body. To write the diasporic body — the race-class body — female body... is... so horrible, I can't even tell you. This sentence functions as evidence. [...] by Bhanu Kapil

ON Contemporary Practice Volume 2 February 9, 2010: For anyone out in the Bay Area tomorrow night, coeditors Michael Cross and Kyle Schlesinger, and a critical mass of Bay Area contributors will launch ON Contemporary Practice 2 at Moe’s Books in Berkeley. When Michael, Kyle, and I conceived of the journal about two and a half years ago it was at the Tile Bar in the East Village after a [...] by Thom Donovan