Community Mausoleum just published an essay I’ve been working on for the past two months, “PEN America: Cultural Imperialism’s Avant-Garde.” With thanks to Zack Peckham and in solidarity with Palestine and those struggling for its liberation. This is also with deep appreciation to those artists involved in solidarity work while this country uses a few carrots and many more sticks to get you to move on.
Someone I respect recently posted that a survey of poetry blogs revealed they were dead. No exciting critical thought. All hussle. Well, the universe sent me a cop-out in the form of an off-hand Samuel Delany comment (his best comments always are) when in his… Read More
A poem from Fugue & Strike got quoted in Alex Skopic’s Current Affairs article, “How To Write A Good Political Poem.” An important question & one, imo, that has to account for the many deeply entrenched norms and networks of reception that depoliticize political poetry,… Read More
JOE HALL 