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Three New Book Reviews
Have you seen World Class Poetry’s new book reviews? Last week we published two and just today we published a third. Synopses of the reviews follow: Warhorses – Pulitzer Prize-winner Yusef Komunyakaa’s latest book, tackling the issu...
A Poetry Contest With A Democratic Twist
In response to my question “Who decides whether a piece of literature is good or not“, Poetic Republic is sponsoring a new twist on the poetry contest - a democratic twist. The contest is characterized by rounds where 12 participants vote...
Book Review: Fumbling In The Light
New book review at World Class Poetry: Publisher-poet Sidney Hall Jr., owner of Hobblebush Books has released Fumbling In The Light. Read the World Class Poetry review here. ____________________________________________________________...
Review Of Rattle Conversations By Alan Fox
If you thought this post was going to be a review of a book of poems, well sorry to disappoint you. Rattle Conversations is actually a book of interviews with poets. But you won’t read the review here either. This is the introduction. I’l...
My Book Review Reading List
Thanks to Diane Lockward for her list of poetry journals that read submissions during the summer. It’s a three-part list here, here, and here. The newest member of the World Class Poetry Toolbar family is Mannequin Envy. Books waiting in the cu...
Ezra Pound On Happy Pills
William Logan is at it again. This time, a review of Frank O’Hara. The funniest line in the whole review: The selection is not perfect; Ford has included a grindingly self-conscious play as well as two long poems almost unreadable now, full of...
Mixed Reviews Are Hard To Write
I just posted my review of Brian Turner’s Here, Bullet. It was the most difficult review I’ve had to write so far. My initial reaction, some readers will know, was quite negative. But I’m afraid it was overly harsh. There are a lot ...
Why Does Bradley Lastname Write Like That?
I just recently posted a new book review at World Class Poetry. As you’ll see, I have a mixed reaction to Bradley Lastname’s brand of Dada verse. Some of it is quite good, actually, for word play. And if you know anything about me, I like...
