******************** Internationally recognized and acclaimed poet Anne Waldman has been an active member of the “Outrider” experimental poetry community, a culture she has helped create and nurture for over four decades, as writer, editor, teacher, performer, magpie scholar, infra-structure curator, and cultural/political activist. Her poetry is recognized in the lineage of Whitman and Ginsberg, … Continue reading »
******************** Deepwater Horizon: One Year Later “Auger” takes its title from Shell’s first deepwater play in the Gulf of Mexico (in partnership with BP)—drilling in 2,860 feet of water to a depth of 19,360 feet—in the mid-1990s. (With Deepwater Horizon, BP ultimately would drill in 4,000 feet of water to a depth of 35,055 … Continue reading »
For Dangerfield Newby, Freedman This is for Dangerfield Newby, lying quiet amid the muskets and white men in the fire house in Harper’s Ferry, waiting. This is for Dangerfield Newby, and all those men whose families worked some other farm, waiting to be sold, waiting for the carts and whips to take them south. This … Continue reading »
– From The ms of m y kin (Shearsman, 2009) ******************** Janet Holmes is author of The ms of m y kin (Shearsman, 2009), F2f (U of Notre Dame, 2006), Humanophone (U of Notre Dame, 2001), The Green Tuxedo (U of Notre Dame, 1998), and The Physicist at the Mall (Anhinga, 1994). Her work has … Continue reading »
Autumn Beach It’s Black Friday, and we’re miles from any mall, where Capitalism will trample whoever opens doors at the Wal-Mart at six in the morning. Evening, waves tumble ashore to the echo of Thanksgiving, tossing billions of dead bivalves over the island sand. Promised rains never came and, as night falls—unfolds its Orion, Cassiopeia, … Continue reading »
***** ******************** The following interview too place via email in April 2011 between Heidi Lynn Staples and Michael Rothenberg: HLS: What is the 100,000 Poets for Change initiative? MR: 100 Thousand Poets for Change is a global action of poets and artists scheduled to take place on September 24. So far we have 70 … Continue reading »
Safe House http://knstrct.com/2011/04/10/the-safe-house/ Hello there. Welcome to my safe house. Here you will find numerous porcelain Afghanistans. In the safe house safe there are coins cut the shape of Malawi. In the study where I wish you to relax please find a number of wood carvings of John Lennon & Sons. The lampshades are German. … Continue reading »
