Jason Labbe wrote a very generous review of Pigafetta that appears in the current Colorado Review. The introduction gives a particularly lucid view of the first book landscape: The past several years have brought us an abundance of style-conscious first poetry books consisting (primarily or… Read More
How a Poem Happens: Pretty much has dibs on every strictly lyric narrative poet who has a book awards on a college press. Poetry Daily: Sort of the same. Maybe a little more latitude. Action, Yes: Meat for the animals. notnostrums : Fence : Octopus.… Read More
I started taking notes for short reviews of Blake Butler’s Scorch Atlas and Craig Santos Perez’ first two books but they spiraled out of control. These are the notes in a semi-coherent fashion. I would love to talk to more people about these books. Or… Read More
JOE HALL 