Bulk Head

reviewed by Tom Hartman

Originally published on March 1, 2001

In addition to asking that contributors opt for “constructive angst” over “sappy love poems,” Bulk Head editor Curtis M. Meyer states a preference for poems that can be understood “on the first read.” He further cautions us to “Use simile and metaphor [only if] there is absolutely no other way of putting the poem’s situation [...]

Love, etc.

reviewed by Emily Banner

Originally published on March 1, 2001

I…deal in subjective truth–so much more real, and more reliable, than the other sort…
Julian Barnes is, on the evidence of his novels, a man obsessed. For while his books assume different forms and deal with a range of subjects, they are all, at heart, about the search for truth. How has the story come down [...]

Speech! Speech!

reviewed by Rachel Barenblat

Originally published on March 1, 2001

Because Geoffrey Hill is an Important Poet, I came to Speech! Speech! prepared to invest whatever energy the book required in order that I might achieve understanding of what I was certain would be a literary masterpiece.
I failed, or else Hill failed, because I’m not sure I understand anything.
The book opens with two [...]

Hooking Up

reviewed by Susan Katz Keating

Originally published on March 1, 2001

A number of years ago I attended a gathering where I met author Tom Wolfe. I told The Man in White in all honesty that his creative nonfiction masterwork, The Right Stuff, was one of the best books I have ever read. My comment was later echoed in spirit by none other than the Editorial [...]

The Deep

by Joseph McLaughlin

Originally published on March 1, 2001

for Hart Crane
Language isn’t everything, you know.
Our words lie on the surface
of our consciousness,
prattling in the sun,
unaware of the deep beneath us,
the unseen currents patiently waiting.
You know, you know.
One day you slipped unnoticed
out of your singsong self
and into the azure pool,
felt the waters close
around your chest,
sensed the light dimming
above, behind,
as you drowned away
from the [...]

Adelaide Penguins in Warmer Seas

by Anca Vlasopolos

Originally published on March 1, 2001

imagine
trees not merely melting, dropping their seasonal
froth but getting shorter softer till in the morning one day
you look out of a now much lower misshapen window
and they’re nothing but toadstools
edges of lawn now run greenly down sidewalk and street
street flows inexorably into the sewers
freeways clog under the advance of the slopes [...]

Results and Prospects

by Walter Bargen

Originally published on March 1, 2001

Trotsky said, “The biggest surprise that comes
to a man is old age,” or something like that.
Leader of the October Revolution, he must’ve
known how they end, always one more body to add
to the heap.  Sooner or later, in a sidewalk café
in Trieste, sharing coffee and scones,
the early hours uneventful and lacking imagination,
the proletariat rush-to-work past, he [...]

\\Syn*ec"do*che\\

by Ted Warnell

Originally published on March 1, 2001

\\Syn*ec"do*che\\ is panel one
from The Pi Process

by Ted Warnell – © 2001

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