Canadian dynamo Rob McLennan asked me 20 questions for his ongoing interview series. I try to range, wide. Easter egg at the end. And also wrote a short piece on Fugue & Strike. From it: “Hall’s poems are playful, savage and critical, composed as a… Read More
After two release events in Buffalo and readings in Eau Claire, Minneapolis, and Chicago, I’m finally hitting the road in earnest with my new book, Fugue & Strike (lots more news re: reviews and interviews on that front–soon.). Here’s the details: Wednesday, June 28th, 2023… Read More
I couldn’t ask for a better remediation of my reading of “Fugue 184 | Ekpyrosis” at Silo City (below). Flatsitter orchestrated the video. Using music by Lizzi Bougatsos (I think). Noah Falck planned the event and, along with so many other people, did the work of making it happen. Also, Robin Jordan’s enthusiastic collage response helped give me the guts to end my set with this poem that sprawls.
JOE HALL 