When the Whales Leave – Yuri Rytkheu
In this light, Chavasse’s translation is but one echo within a cavernous history, itself but a momentary iteration on its way to another.
Difficult Light – Tomás González
I remember my intuitive reluctance to use the word “deadline,” when I learned the word in English, it sounded hostile when someone told me for the first time: “You need to meet this deadline.” To get killed, I wondered?
Beyond the Periphery of the Skin – Silvia Federici
Silvia Federici’s BEYOND THE PERIPHERY OF THE SKIN is a baffling work that slides from the academically indefensible to the ethically dubious with remarkable facility.
Lethal Theater – Susannah Nevison
An exploration of capital punishment and the prison system in America, how incarceration is turned into a spectacle at the expense of the humans who are trying to make that of that system a grim home.
You Darling Thing – Monica Ferrell
As I reread the poems in Ferrell’s YOU DARLING THING in this unprecedented moment, I see her lines anew, perhaps as they have always been
MINOR DETAIL itself is an act of subversion because it represents history told on Palestinian terms, through a Palestinian voice.
Artificial Gut Feeling – Anna Zett
Digital systems are not just tools or extensions of our brains, but they are parodies of us, our goals, beliefs, dreams, passions, and cognitions.
OLDER BROTHER itself attests to grief’s power as a catalyst for creativity.
The poet is someone who facilitates the articulation of dissent.
Machines In The Head – Anna Kavan
Her stories feel prescient today; they capture the madness and degradation of isolation and living in a ravaged world.