Spring-Summer 2010
BOB HICOK
is a One Man Band
DAVID SOFIELD
Feasts with the Gods
NEW POEMS
Linda Gregg, Paisley Rekdal, Sierra Nelson
GLINT OF GRANITE
Dan Lamberton gets serious about Heather McHugh
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ENTHUSIASM!
James Longenbach’s finds dark secret love in a sick rose
Ursula Le Guin searches for a mysterious lingering on the one-strand river
Katrina Roberts swings to pure music from the stars at Tallapoosa
Lloyd Schwartz goes coy on …
“His Perfume” appears in Poetry Northwest Fall-Winter 2008-09 v3.n2, our sixth in the new series. Of her poem Kelly-DeWitt writes, “we usually think of perfume as something attractive—so I wanted to play off of that …
For January & February we’re featuring P.K. Pages “Improbable Concept,” which appears in the current issue of Poetry Northwest. Page writes, “‘Improbable Concept’ is written in the seductive and challenging glosa form, which dates back …
To end the year we’re featuring W.S. Di Piero’s “Raven,” which appears in the current issue of Poetry Northwest. “Years ago I read the opening phrase in a field guide’s description of a raven,” says …
One of the most complicated and interesting friendships in American literature was that of Elizabeth Bishop’s and Robert Lowell’s. This month we feature a sample of their correspondence, more of which appears in the current …
This month we’re featuring Maryland’s Jehanne Dubrow, whose poem “Discussing Milosz,” appears in the Fall-Winter 2008-09 v3.n2 issue of Poetry Northwest, the sixth issue in the new series.
“I have tried teaching Czeław Miłosz’s ‘Encounter’ several …
W.S. Di Piero fears ratso pigeons
David Guterson climbs a mountain pass
Rebecca Starks splits the difference above the shrug of clouds
Linda Bierds shreds the fragments of Venice
Plus: Robert Lowell & Elizabeth Bishop conspire about Seattle
And: New …
For September we’re doing two things by featuring poet Linda Bierds: continuing our series on Northwest poets and giving you a glimpse of the Fall-Winter 2008-09 v3.n2 issue, our sixth. Of “Fragments from Venice: Albrecht …
For June & July we’re featuring Michael Heffernan’s “They Always Say He Marks the Sparrow’s Fall,” published in Poetry Northwest Spring-Summer 2008 v3.n1, The Political Issue.
According to Heffernan, “I was listening to the “Bawlers” part …
This month we’re featuring Rebecca Starks’ “Gray Matter,” published in Poetry Northest Spring-Summer v3.n1, The Political Issue.
According to Starks, “The poem’s impulse came from its two central images—I saw the tortoise while running in Brooklyn’s …
