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An Interview with Albert Abonado
“I think of the white space in this poem like that, a place for the speaker to move the poem around, a place to disguise intent, to conceal an America that hides in the silences.”
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Esteban Rodríguez
No Longer the BystanderWhy the Assembly Disbanded, by Roberto Tejada. Fordham University Press, 88 pp., $16.95.instrumentation for distributed empathy monetization, by William Lessard. Kernpunkt Press, 40 pp., $14.95. Winter Phoenix,… Read the rest
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Four Takes: Devon Walker-Figueroa’s PHILOMATH
“In the hands of Walker-Figueroa … enjambment is not just a craft technique—hers is an existential enjambment.”
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Kevin McIlvoy
TartarusEditor’s Note Kevin McIlvoy—who went by “Mc” (pronounced Mac)—was one of the most extraordinary writers, teachers, and human beings I’ve ever known, and I was crushed to hear about his … Read the rest
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Guest Editor Shane McCrae: A Special Feature
“I think these four poets are among the best poets writing, and they represent three generations of poets … so together they cover a lot of chronological ground.”
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Aram Mrjoian
The RangeOur son returned to the mountaintop dirt-stained and soaking wet, no backpack, his clothes torn with jagged maws of fabric, blond hair in a muddy clump. As he punched his … Read the rest
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Laura Villareal
Mythmaking in Three DebutsSwallowed Light, by Michael Wasson. Copper Canyon Press, 96 pp., $17. Philomath, by Devin Walker-Figueroa. Milkweed Editions, 104 pp., $16. Headless John the Baptist Hitchhiking, by C.T. Salazar. … Read the rest
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West Branch 100, Fall 2022: Digital Issue
Cover Art: The Devil’s Dancers, by Jean-Pierre Villafañe (2021); oil on canvas, 36″ x 36″ Poetry Luci HuhnExplaining to My Nephews How the Lake Turned Over Kimberly Alidio… Read the rest
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Shara Lessley
One Vast Shadow: The Poetry of (Self)PerspectiveBrocken Spectre, by Jacques Rancourt. Alice James Books, 100 pp., $18.95.West Portal, by Benjamin Gucciardi. Unviersity of Utah Press, 64 pp., $14.95.The Curious Thing, by Sandra … Read the rest
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West Branch 100, Fall 2022
In This Print Issue: Julia Chiapella, William Erickson, Beth Gylys, Dionne Irving, Gary Jackson, Aruni Kashyap, David Keplinger, Shara Lessley, Rosalie Moffett, Betsy Sholl, Chris Stuck, Daniel Torday, Jennifer Tseng, … Read the rest
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