It’s really rare to be read capaciously, for one’s work to be presented with a thick sense of its context–and for the reader to make their own idiosyncratic constellations with parts of the work.
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Current Affairs, Comrades in Poetry
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
Fugue & Strike Ripples
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
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