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Corey Van Landingham on Reviewing:
An Interview“I was first drawn to writing book reviews seriously because I was looking for a new way to think.”
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George Guida
Away From the FringeDisease of Kings, by Anders Carlson-Wee. W.W. Norton & Co., 112 pp., $26.95. Anders Carlson-Wee has established himself as a poet of contingency. His debut collection, The Low Passions… Read the rest
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Nur Turkmani
My Sister’s Manfrom West Branch 104 Print Issue My sister is a serial dater. This year alone, a dozen lovers nested around her apartment like cheap furniture, taking up space and accumulating … Read the rest
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Guest Editor Amanda Sarasien:
A Translation Portfolio“Think of this compendium as merely a curation of a curation, a small but tantalizing window onto the world.”
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Lena Khalaf Tuffaha
To Be Self-EvidentAfter Edward Said Every empire tells its subjects a story of revelation. The trees let down their aging leaves, listless in late drought. The children thrive on filtration, their classroom … Read the rest
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Rasha Abdulhadi
That Nation Talktalk abolition, talk transformation talk justice talk justice talk just us making for each other cause no one else is coming talk breakfast, talk leban, talk coffee talk tea tell … Read the rest
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Traci Brimhall
Memento MoriIt has no hands or numbers, but the gold clock shows the hours, minutes, and seconds as slits of light. On top of the disk, a monstrous locust that grinds … Read the rest
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Keene Carter
Nature and the CityTrace Evidence, by Charif Shanahan. Tin House Books, 112 pp., $16.95.To 2040, by Jorie Graham. Copper Canyon Press, 88 pp., $25.Vexations, by Annelyse Gelman. University of … Read the rest
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