Currently In the Midst of Reading on paper

Transformations by John Reibetanz (Goose Lane, 2006) (First impression: ***) Out of Light by Joseph Massey (Kitchen Press, 2008) (First impression: *****) Mornings Like This: Found Poems by Annie Dillard (Harper Collins, 1995) (First impression: ***) Architecture for the Poor by Hassan Fathy (various publishers and new editions with different titles, this one, University of […]

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Spring

A response to the One Single Impression prompt of spring, which is still a good month away here. The ice pellets pick away at the glass again, the small sun of a cat on my lap, moaning should I shift, then when I accept her there, she trots off. Finally the sidewalks are shiny from […]

Role and Shape of Performance Poetry

The following is paraphrased not quoted, and reconstructed from my notes of the first panel discussion of Doing it in Public symposium on performance poetry at Trent. [Some photos from]. It was moderated by prof High Hodges. What role does performance poetry play? Jill Battson: Performance gets works to the public between books Lebogang Mothibatsela: […]