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Interview
with Francisco Goldman
by Whit Coppedge
Whit talks with the author of The Long Night of White Chickens
and The Ordinary Seaman about Central America, New York,
and the effects the two have on the author's writing.
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Zine Reviews
by Ingrid Woodrow, Tom Hartman
Do you demand the most from your literary zines? So do we - which
is why we're telling you what we think of Alicubi,
Deeply Shallow,
Disquieting Muses,
Littoral West,
Mind Caviar, and
Stirring.
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Remote
Control
by Nick Burton
Nick finally purchased a DVD player — and boy is he
impressed. This month he examines a handful of films that best make
use of the technology and format: Goldfinger,
The Passion of Joan of
Arc, and The Third
Man.
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Stick It In Your
Ear
by Curt Cloninger
Curt takes a look at three CDs that "portray the contemporary
South as accurately as any media you're likely to find" as
he reviews Calling Over Time
by Edith Frost, Moon Pix
by Cat Power and Fables Of The
Reconstruction by REM.
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people really think of us.
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<- POETRY ->
"Vulcan & Venus"
by LindaAnn Loschiavo
"Mary Magdalene"
by Wendy Dorsel Fisher
"Counting"
by Erin Elizabeth
"Winter, 1963"
by David Mason
"Mise En Scene"
by David Mason
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"Little Meadow
Simms"
by Marcy Dermansky
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"Dune Head"
by Kieron Devlin
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<- BOOK LOVERS ->
On The
Rez
Novel by Ian Frazier
Reviewed by Candace B. Moonshower
"If every textbook in every school were written with the
style and grace — the sheer readability — of Ian Frazier's On
the Rez, all the schoolchildren in America would clamor for
more..."
The
Queen of Hearts: Tales of Middle-Aged Passion
Stories by Millie Crace-Brown
Reviewed by Cara Bobchek
"Millie Crace-Brown explores the lives of three women who are
searching for something about which to be passionate..."
Dancing
at the Devil's Party
Essays by Alicia Suskin Ostriker
Reviewed by Rachel Barenblat
"Quotations and explanations give this book root; Ostriker's passion
for 'the poetics of ardor' gives it flight. This is a strong, compelling
and beautiful collection of essays..."
The
Black Room at Longwood
Historical Biography by Jean-Paul Kauffmann
Translated by Patricia Clancy
Reviewed by Tom Hartman
"Ultimately, and perhaps most significantly, The Blackroom at
Longwood becomes a meditation on isolation — or, more specifically,
an examination of how the human spirit responds when faced with
exile..."
What
To Read
Recommendations by Camille Renshaw
Two great sections - Web-based texts that deserve your
attention and upcoming e-books, hypertexts, and print books. Discover
the latest works from your favorite authors.
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