Table of Contents: February 2009
Cover art: Tony Fitzpatrick, detail from "Red Diamond Horse," 2008.
| AUTHOR | TITLE | |
|---|---|---|
| Virgil |
Aeneid, II, 692 - end |
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David Ferry |
to where Scrim |
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Michael Ryan |
I Had A Tapeworm |
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Marianne Boruch |
He was touched or he touched or |
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Kevin C. Powers |
Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting |
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Arthur Vogelsang |
More Lying Loving Facts, You Sort ’Em Out |
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Kim Addonizio |
Weaponry |
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Chelsea Rathburn |
English Sonnet |
| Rhoda Janzen |
Raz el Hanout |
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Peter Munro |
The Wind’s Measure |
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Dean Young |
Winged Purposes |
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Bruce Mackinnon |
The Bees |
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Stephen Dunn |
Connubial |
| Sarah Barber |
To a Ring I Lost Planting Bulbs The Lawn Mower |
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Wendy Videlock |
Vanity Flare |
| COMMENT | ||
|---|---|---|
| The Editors |
Struggling to Stay Above Water A portfolio of visual work responding to Hurricane Katrina by artist and poet Tony Fitzpatrick. |
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Mary Ann Caws |
Poetry Can Be Any Damn Thing It Wants Introduction to a collection of eight manifestos commemorating the centennial of Italian futurists. |
|
Joshua Mehigan |
The Final Manifesto First in a series of eight manifestos. |
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Michael Hofmann |
Manifesto of the Flying Mallet Second in a series of eight manifestos. |
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Charles Bernstein |
Manifest Aversions, Conceptual Conundrums, & Implausibly Deniable Links Third in a series of eight manifestos. |
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Ange Mlinko |
The Eighties, Glory Of Fourth in a series of eight manifestos. |
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D.A. Powell |
Annie Get Your Gun Fifth in a series of eight manifestos. |
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Thomas Sayers Ellis |
The New Perform-A-Form: A Page Vs. Stage Alliance Sixth in a series of eight manifestos. |
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A.E. Stallings |
Presto Manifesto! Seventh in a series of eight manifestos. |
| Hate Socialist Collective |
Leave the Manifesto Alone: A Manifesto Eighth in a series of eight manifestos. |
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|
Nate Klug |
The Upside of Terror? A review of Compass of Affection by Scott Cairns and Yellowrocket by Todd Boss. |
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Sasha Dugdale |
Devastation and Digression A review of Colosseum by Katie Ford and A Most Marvelous Piece of Luck by Greg Williamson. |
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Averill Curdy |
Do I Dare Disturb the Universe? A review of The Kingdom of Ordinary Time by Marie Howe and The Earth in the Attic by Fady Joudah. |
| Jon Stallworthy |
A Change of Heart A review of Third Day, New and Selected Poems by Grey Gowrie |
| LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rob Jacques |
Letter to the Editor |
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| Michael Robbins |
Michael Robbins Responds |
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| Steven Collins |
Letter to the Editor |
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| Jerry Payne |
Letter to the Editor |
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| Beverley Bie Brahic |
Letter to the Editor |
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Carmine Starnino |
Carmine Starnino Responds |
| Michael Greenspan |
Letter to the Editor |
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| Fred Souk |
Letter to the Editor |
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| The Editors |
The Editor Responds |
