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Ghosts in the Archive
“History devours the individual. One life at a time, it amalgamates individual voices into the maw of broad historical narratives.”
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Kylan Rice
Against ParadiseBlack Sun, by Toby Martinez de las Rivas. Faber & Faber, 72 pp., $15.92. The Glass Constellation, by Arthur Sze. Copper Canyon, 562 pp., $35. Earth is Best, by Peter … Read the rest
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An Interview with M.G. Leibowitz
“But this power to … communicate the full weight of a paradox, to ‘say’ in one stroke and “unsay” in the next—to me, that’s poetry at its best.”
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West Branch 97, Fall 2021
In This Print Issue Albert Abonado, Marianne Boruch, Ahsan Butt, Brittany Cavallaro, Sumita Chakraborty, S. Brook Corfman, Madeline Haze Curtis, Christian Detisch, Danielle Cadena Deulen, Josh English, Samantha Grenrock, Amanda … Read the rest
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This Long Winding Line: A Poetry Retrospective
Ai’s Killing Floor (1979) Edited by Shara Lessley I first read Ai’s poetry as an undergraduate at the University of California, Irvine—or, rather, it read me. Read into my conscience, … Read the rest
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From the Editor: August 2021
When Chet’la Sebree and Andrew Ciotola wrote me to ask if I’d serve as acting editor for 2021-2022, I answered immediately. Yes. I have served as an associate editor for … Read the rest
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West Branch 96, Spring/Summer 2021: Digital Issue
Cover Art: Take a Hike, by Michael Alvarez (2014); oil, spray paint, and pencil on panel; 80” x 97” Fiction Selections by Maurice Carlos Ruffin Introduction by Guest Editor … Read the rest
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West Branch 96, Spring/Summer 2021
In This Print Issue Michael Alvarez, Jesse L. Anderson, Shane Castle, Catherine-Esther Cowie, Christian Detisch, Lara Egger, April Freely, Ashley Hand, Kathleen Heil, Aaron McCollough, Ellene Glenn Moore, Andrés Mauricio … Read the rest
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Megan Neville
Elegy with Apologies to Leon Jakobovits James Six feet away a girl asks do I know a term for saying a word until it loses ground, becomes a different thing … Read the rest
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Document(s)
I chose “Document(s)” as a topic during a time of uncertainty— during an era of dis/misinformation, as the 2020 election approached, with ongoing civil unrest and police brutality, in the middle of an ever-evolving pandemic.
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