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#222 February 2010/March 2010
- Letters/Announcements
- Essay: A Werldly Country – Ilse Aichinger’s Prose Poems – By Uljana Wolf
- Prose: Bad Words and Hemlin – By Ilse Aichinger, Trans. Uljana Wolf & Christian Hawkey
- Interview: A Conversation With Harryette Mullen – By Barbara Henning
- Poem from The Wrong Book – By Nathaniel Otting
- Calendar
- Book Reviews: Edmund Berrigan & Chapbook Roundup, Margarita Shalina & Marjorie Perloff/Craig Dworkin, Laura Hinton & Emma Bee Bernstein/Nona Willis Aronowitz, Stan Mir & Michael Gizzi, Jill Magi & M. Nourbse Philip, Thom Donovan & Rachel Zolf
- Visuals: Art – Stacie Johnson
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#221 December 2009/January 2010
- Letters/Announcements
- With Respect: Remembering Jim Carroll – By Anne Waldman, Anselm Berrigan, Lenny Kaye, Bill Berkson
- Excerpt from The Petting Zoo – By Jim Carroll
- Conversation: On The Collected Poems of Barbara Guest – By Tom Orange & Catherine Wagner
- Poem: Severe Yellow Line – By Sandra Doller
- Interview: 10 Questions for Bruce Andrews & Sally Silvers – By Erica Kaufman
- Calendar
- Book Reviews: Emily Critchley & Lisa Robertson, Lucy Ives & Fanny Howe, Jane Sprague & Caconrad, Chris Martin & Laura Solomon, Gina Myers & Chapbook Roundup, Chris McCreary & Norma Cole, Stephen Motika & Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
- Visuals: Art – Paul Killebrew
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#220 October 2009/November 2009
- Letters/Announcements
- With Respect: Remembering Robin Blaser – By Meredith Quartermain
- Essay: The Text in and of Performance – By John Beer
- Poem from Phil – Jacqueline Waters
- Interview: 10 Questions for Alan Bernheimer – By Stephanie Young
- Calendar
- Book Reviews: Shonni Enelow & Rodrigo Toscano, Miles Champion & Ian Hamilton Finlay, Geoffrey Olsen & Chapbook Roundup, Kaplan Harris & Borders, Edited by Susanne Christensen/Audun Lindholm, Paolo Javier & Filip Marinovich, Paul Killebrew & Eric Baus, Joanna Fuhrman & Rachel Loden
- Visuals: Cover Art – Mary L. Chan
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#219 April-June 2009
- Announcements
- A Tribute to George Schneeman
- An Interview with Eileen Myles – By Greg Fuchs
- Events at The Poetry Project
- Poems by Steve Carey – With An Introduction By Maureen Owen
- Book Reviews: Barbara Guest, Simon Pettet, Bernadette Mayer, Fred Moten, Kit Robinson, Prageeta Sharma, Percival Everett, Charles North
- Visuals: Cover Art – KB Jones, Calendar Art – Jim Behrle
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#218 February 2009/March 2009
- Announcements
- Writing Workshops
- Remembering Hanon Reznikov
- An Interview With Ugly Duckling Presse – Conducted by Kyle Schlesinger
- Beneficial Trauma: The Work of Etel Adnan – By Stacy Szymaszek
- Events at The Poetry Project
- Book Reviews: Alice Notley, Lewis Warsh, Craig Santos Perez, Anne Tardos, Sharon Mesmer, Bobbie Louise Hawkins, Kevin Davies, Roberto Tejada, Micah Ballard, Abigail Child, Lila Zemborain, Valentina Saracini
- Visuals: Cover Art – Kiki Smith, Calendar Art – Jim Behrle
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#217 December 2008/January 2009
- Announcements
- Reading Reports
- I Love My Love With a Capital Z: Helen Adam, Kristin Prevallet and Lee Ann Brown in Conversation
- Poems by Karen Weiser – With an Introduction by Stephanie Young
- Book Reviews: Brett Evans & Frank Sherlock, Rob Halpern, Marcella Durand, Lisa Jarnot, Sesshu Foster, Dana Ward, Maxine Gadd, Jules Boykoff & Kaia Sand, George Stanley, George Albon, Laura Moriarty, Daniel Comiskey & C.E. Putnam
- Visuals: Cover Art: Beka Goedde, Calendar Art: Jim Behrle
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#216 October/November 2008
- Announcements
- Remembering Mahmoud Darwish & Jonathan Williams
- Lorenzo Thomas, American by Dale Smith
- Poem by Tim Dlugos – With an Introduction by David Trinidad
- Book Reviews: Tisa Bryant, Anselm Hollo, Arecelis Girmay, Edmund Berrigan, Jay Wright, John Godfrey, Island of My Hunger: Cuban Poetry Today, Another Kind of Nation: An Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Poetry
- Visuals: Cover Art: Will Yackulic
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#215 April/May 2008
- Announcements
- Remembering Michael Goldberg
- To Do Exactly That, Right Now: The Collected Poems of Philip Whalen by Alice Notley
- The Poetry Project Archives — A Fireside Chat with the Director of The Poetry Project
- Poems by Betsy Fagin — With an introduction by Dana Ward
- Book Reviews: Edwin Torres, Stephanie Gray, Greg Fuchs, Susan Landers, Stephen Ratcliffe, Nick Piombino, John Keene & Christopher Stackhouse, Chris Martin
- Visuals: Cover Art: Erica Svec
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#214 February/March 2008
- Announcements
- Reading Reports
- Anne Tardos’s Elegant Software
- Poems by John Godfrey
- Book Reviews: Renee Gladman, Ron Silliman, Born in Utopia: An Anthology of Modern And Contemporary Poetry, Brenda Coultas, Julie Patton, Ron Padgett, Laura Elrick, Helen Adam, David Trinidad
- Visuals: Cover Art: Jonathan Allen
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#213 December 2007/January 2008
- Announcements
- Reading Reports
- Interview: Arlo Quint Sits Down with Ted Greenwald
- Toward An Ethic of Freedom: Some Poems by Hoa Nguyen
- Book Reviews: Joanne Kyger, Jocelyn Saidenberg, Tim Atkins, Barbara Henning, Ara Shirinyan, Benjamin Friedlander, Lewis MacAdams, Eileen Myles, Ivan Blatny, Joseph Lease
- Visuals: Cover Art: Zachary Wollard
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#212 October/November 2007
- Announcements
- Remembering Sekou Sundiata
- In Conversation: A Chat Between Brenda Coultas and Akilah Oliver
- In Search of the Goldmouth Poets: Susie Timmons
- We Mimic the Poisonings: A Brief Introduction to the Poetry of Ed Roberson
- Book Reviews: Bill Berkson, Heriberto Yépez, Elaine Equi, Hannah Weiner, James Thomas Stevens, Every Goodbye Ain’t Gone, Susan Briante, Four From Japan, Thomas Weatherly
- Visuals: Cover Art: Marc Andre Robinson
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#211 April/June 2007
- Announcements
- From The Past 12, 33, 34 Years Ago In The Newsletter
- World News Breaking Reports Just In From: Brooklyn, The Catskills, Hattiesburg, Iran, Granada, Ljubljana, Los Angeles, Petaluma, Philadelphia, Russia, Tangier, Tokyo, Vancouver, Washington DC
- The Director Looks Around A Conversation With Outgoing Artistic Director Anselm Berrigan
- Knowing Is Not Enough An Interview With John Trudell
- Book Reviews: Kimberly Lyons, Chuck Stebelton, Alice Notley, Andrew Epstein, Charles Bernstein, Sparrow Up Is Up, But So Is Down
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#210 February/March 2007
- Announcements
- Brad Will 1970-2006
- Kari Edwards 1954-2006
- From The Past 13, 18, 32, 33, 34 Years Ago In The Newsletter
- World News Breaking Reports Just In From: Austin, Boston, Buffalo, The Catskills, Denver, El Paso, Fargo, Los Angeles, Lincoln, Marfa, Mexico City, Tangier, Vancouver, Washington DC
- Common Interests, Uncommon Hope A Conversation With Howard Zinn
- Robin Blaser’s Cosmic Companionship Of The Real
- Charles Bernstein’s Afterword To The Holy Forest: Collected Poems Of Robin Blaser
- Book Reviews: Amanda Nadelberg, Joe Elliot, Padscha Tuntha-Obas, Ed Roberson, Lytle Shaw, Samih Al Qasim, Valerie Fox, Anne Porter, Robert Creeley
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#209 December 2006/January 2007
- Announcements
- From The Past 6, 12, 21, 26 Years Ago In The Newsletter
- World News Breaking Reports Just In From: Albany, The Bay Area, Brooklyn, The Catskills, Chicago, Cincinnati, New Orleans, Petaluma, Philadelphia, Providence, Seattle, Tucson, The Twin Cities
- Why Most Poetry Is So Boring, Again By Amiri Baraka
- The Politics Of “Politics” A Conversation With Heretical Texts Editor Bill Marsh
- Book Reviews: Tom Clark, Robert Fitterman & Dirk Rowntree, Nathaniel Mackey, E. Tracy Grinnell, Benjamin Hollander, Gloria Frym, Jen Benka, Peter Lamborn Wilson, Maureen Owen
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#208 October/November 2006
- Announcements
- From The Past 33, 32, 20, 10 & 9 Years Ago In The Newsletter
- World News Breaking Reports Just In From: Albany, Austin, Boston, Boulder, Brooklyn, The Catskills, Chicago, England, Germany, Indiana, The Netherlands, Nicaragua, Petaluma, Philadelphia, Portland, Spain, Washington DC
- On This Tortured But Beautiful Planet A Conversation With Quincy Troupe & Victor Hernandez Cruz
- Book Reviews: Pablo Javier, Juliana Spahr, Brenda Hillman, Alice Notley, Simon Pettet, Patricia Spears Jones,
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#207 April/May 2006
- Announcements
- Remembering Barbara Guest by Ann Lauterbach
- World News Breaking Reports Just In From: Albany, Austin, Brooklyn, The Catskills, Chicago, Milwaukee, Petaluma, Philadelphia, Seattle, Thailand, The Twin Cities
- State Of New Orleans: Post-Katrina By Megan Burns
- Maggie Nelson & Wayne Koestenbaum In Conversation
- Joe Elliot Vs. The Thai Action Team
- Book Reviews: Kenneth Koch, Kamau Brathwaite, Stacy Szymaszek, Reed Bye, Aaron Kunin, Etel Adnan
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#206 February/March 2006
- Announcements
- From The Director
- New Year’s Thank Yous
- From The Editor
- An Appreciation Of Our Token
- Farewell Tory Dent
- World News Breaking Reports Just In From: Albany, Austin, Boston, Brooklyn, Buffalo, The Catskills, Italy, Ithaca, Petaluma, Philadelphia, San Diego, Seattle, Slovakia, Spain, The Twin Cities
- The Noam Chomsky Interview [Part 2] With Brendan Lorber
- The Romantic-Modern Lyric: Poetry For The Non-Poet By Dale Smith
- Book Reviews: Ted Berrigan, Emily Xyz, Julie Carr, Carla Harryman, Mary Burger, Tyehimba Jess
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#205 December 2005/January 2006
- Announcements
- From The Director
- W.H. Auden Tuna Mold To Perform At New Years
- From The Editor
- From The Readers
- Katrina Gratitude
- Props To Katz
- World News Breaking Reports Just In From: Albany, Austin, Boston, Buffalo, Florence, Ithaca, LA, Petaluma, Philadelphia, The Twin Cities, The Catskills
- New Years Marathon The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Writer: Marathoning With Todd Colby
- From The Past 12, 15, 31, 34 Years Ago In The Newsletter
- The Noam Chomsky Interview [Part 1] With Brendan Lorber
- Olsonnow With Michael Kelleher & Ammiel Alcalay
- Book Reviews: Barbara Guest, Eleni Sikelianos, Jeni Olin, Brandon Downing, Michael Ives
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