Alex Estes is a critic living in Manhattan. His writing has appeared in The Brooklyn Rail, Full Stop, and 3:AM Magazine. You can follow him on twitter @deskofalex or visit his website at www.deskofalex.com or you could do both.
The debut collection of poetry might just deserve its own taxon in the categorizing of literary contributions. One can almost picture beneath the heading of ‘Debuts’ a series of subheadings…
In Heidegger’s essay ‘The Nature of Language’ he poses the question “When does language speak itself as language?” He answers: “Curiously enough, when we cannot find the right word for…