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Oxota: A Short Russian Novel by Lyn Hejinian
characteristically delicious & oblique , to return to, the soviet collapse & cuban grapefruit
You Don't Have What It Takes to Be My Nemesis: And Other (Soma)tics by CAConrad
CAConrad selection±! sincerity & dream1
Craft: A Guide to Making Poetry Happen in the 21st Century by Rishi Dastidar
seems to be nine arches' version of a similar book pitm did about ten years before. I like will's & joelle's & malika's contributions here but a lot of the work is going to be old ground. & shifting copies of golden shovels
Radical Artifice: Writing Poetry in the Age of Media by Marjorie Perloff
reads quite funky - showing its age & wonder of the brilliance of EMAIL but strong work in here & I broadly enjoyed myself. asks for a reread
Defenestration of Prague by Susan Howe
very impressive collection & clear clear inspo for anne carson who made a career outta this (& good for her
Spontaneous Particulars: The Telepathy of Archives by Susan Howe
chopping towards something lovely. Iwanted a little more but it's nice to build the SH picture
Dora Bruder by Patrick Modiano
first modiano, much appreciated. Picking through a narrow history in Sebaldian fashion, dipping into the maelstrom. Collapse of memory not in the bitter term psychogeography but thru urban collapse & replacement, post-war smearing. will get 2 more
Mrs S by K. Patrick
mixed responses - k patrick's writing is great, staccato rhythms, I think this abruptness works and its nice to see it in this more languorous setting rather than, say, mccarthy's wild west . the dynamic between our protagonist & Mrs s is about as typical as you get for lesbian romance (although a few scenes enliven it) - so much so that I feel the latter half's emphasis on CLICHE as a motif, a theme, speaks broader. if, Romantically, the moon, the Atlantic are lesbian, why not cliche itself? maybe maybe