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The [novel’s] main question would be, How does a man stuck in resentment and anger at others and the world, who lacks a sense of belonging and sense of his usefulness in the world, find his way out of that?
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The key insight is that names, and indeed all boundaries, involve a hierarchy.
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Kimberly Grey discusses her new collection, SYSTEMS FOR THE FUTURE OF FEELING.
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What a fitting end to the postmodern literary experiment. Or are we just getting warmed up?
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Matthews is a poet of multivalent ways and hows, an artist at home in the riddle of refusal.
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Max Ritvo passed away on August 23, 2016. Earlier this summer, he spoke with Sarah Blake about his debut collection Four Reincarnations, writing with and about cancer, and how language is a game.
...moreWittgenstein explains why discourse on the Internet sucks. And it’s not just because of your crazy uncle. So, language is quicksand—except it’s not. Unlike the parlor tricks of the deconstructionists who bloviate about différance and traces, there clearly are rules that shouldn’t be broken and clearly ways of speaking that are blatantly incorrect, even if they […]
...moreBrian Teare’s second book sorts through the past and charts a new path for the future of poetry.
...moreMark Blatte’s hip-hop-crime novel brings a touch of philosophy to New York’s mean streets
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