Harriet (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Many thanks to Brent E. Beltrán and Consuelo Manríquez de Beltrán of Calaca Press, Patrick Durgin of Kenning Editions, and Willie Perdomo of Cypher Books for their responses to my indie publishing questions. I know my current series of posts (#1 | #2) on indie publishing isn’t garnering heaps of Harriet comments, which is fine, because [...]
Third Factory/Notes to Poetry (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
... Alfar | The Kite of Stars | Anvil Publishing | 2007 Linda Hogan | Dwellings | Norton | 2007 More Barbara Jane Reyes here .
Harriet (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Regarding my previous post on indie publishing, Glen has commented, “In some ways I feel like there’s too much poetry being published right now and not enough filtering, so it’s interesting to hear from people who feel the opposite.” To this, I’ve responded that his question “leads to the question of filtering, the criteria for [...]
reb livingston (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Barbara Jane Reyes asks 2 broad questions about indie publishing to Eileen Tabios, Francisco Aragón, Rusty Morrison and me over at Harriet .
Harriet (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Thank you to Eileen Tabios, Francisco Aragón, Reb Livingston, and Rusty Morrison, for answering a couple of very broad questions regarding indie publishing for me. Below are their responses. Question: Why did you start your small press/why did you become an independent publisher? What need was not being met by the existing presses? Answer (Eileen Tabios, Meritage [...]
Experiments In Text :The Literature That Organisms... (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Julian Broloski, Michael Leong, Paul Siegall, Maika Pollack, William Allegrezza, Cami Park, & Barbara Jane Reyes. There will be several more contributors as we continue to shape this issue. If you've submitted work in the past 3 months & haven't heard from us, this means we're still working thru yr submission, & we'll be contacting you soon. We plan to release the...
No Tells (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
... going to be far too late for the holidays altogether, nonetheless I am excited to note that Barbara Jane Reyes' next book, Diwata , will be coming out of BOA Editions in 2010. Reyes is known for speaking in tongues -- my way of referencing her unabashed multilingualism *and* her (in my opinion) divinely inspired truth-telling. Give yourself Christmas in July (or thereabouts)...
THE GRIN WITHOUT A CAT (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Taking Back our StoriesBeen thinking about the recent post of Barbara Jane Reyes on Dean's story and magic realism. Specifically, Ms Reyes was analyzing the issue of magic realism in today's literature and to quote:(Magic realism) defies conventional logic in modern, secular societies, to still believe, but more so, it defies conventional logic in modern, secular societies...
Silliman's Blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Recently Received Books (Poetry) Tahar Ben Jelloun, The Rising of the Ashes , translated by Cullen Goldblatt, City Lights, San Francisco 2009 Rolf Dieter Brinkmann, Some Very Popular Songs , translated by Mark Terrill, Toad Press, Claremont, CA 2009 Cathy Eisenhower, would with and , Roof Books, New York, 2009 Ben Estes, Cymbals, The Song Cave , no location given (but Northampton, MA) 2009 Garth Graeper,...
Harriet (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Dear readers of this here Harriet blog, Well, looks like my time here has come to a close. It’s been interesting watching you all anonymously thumbs up and thumbs down one another. In all seriousness, thank you for reading my posts, and allowing me to introduce you all to some poets, poetry, and indie presses which [...]
Tinfish Editor's Blog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
At the risk of sounding precious, I'll post a quotation from Barbara Jane Reyes's blog , which she put out as a way to generate a valuable conversation. The quotation is by the editor of Tinfish Press, and goes as follows: "My frustration at the moment comes of the fact that no publisher can demand her customers read the press as well as its authors. So the conversations we...
Silliman's Blog (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
... to music § An account of the &Now Conference § Relevance & poetry § Barbara Jane Reyes on indie publishing ( part one ) ( part two ) § A poetry marathon in London § 6 translations of Hans Carl Artmann all by Rosmarie Waldrop § Charles Alexander’s “Pushing Water” § Jordan Scott on the poetics of stammer § Robert...
Third Factory/Notes to Poetry (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
... , Sawako Nakayasu , Kit Robinson , Michael S. Hennessey , John Latta , Benjamin Friedlander , Barbara Jane Reyes , Juliana Spahr , Anselm Berrigan , K. Silem Mohammad , Harold Abramowitz , Michael Gizzi , and Tim Peterson . Thanks to everyone who participated in this year’s installment, whether by sending a contribution, or simply reading along. Soon to come, an overview of...
No Tells (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Eileen Tabios, Francisco Aragón, Reb Livingston, and Rusty Morrison respond to Barbara Jane Reyes questions on independent poetry publishing at Harriet . Also, Rauan Klassnik asks Reb Livingston "What’s Right & What’s Wrong (with the small press world)" at HTMLGIANT .
Harriet (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
Rachel McKibbens’s lovely and serrated debut collection, Pink Elephant (Cypher Books), reminds us why poetry as testimony is so necessary. Ex-punk rock chola and mother of five, 2009 Women’s Individual World Poetry Slam champion Rachel McKibbens writes about abandonment and abuse in stark, startling language and well-wrought fable, delivered in well-paced lines, laying bare the [...]
