Poetry Book Review Vegas Implosions & Exterminator Chronicles By Chris D’Errico ‘One day I will switch sides and help the insects defeat the humans’ -Chris D’Errico, Black Flag. Vegas Implosions is an intensely-woven mapping of a post-modern landscape, written by a disgruntled slayer-becoming in the shadows. Chris D’Errico, clearly a wonderful rhizomatic love-child of Franz Kafka, Hunter … Continue reading Review: Chris D’Errico’s “Vegas Implosions” by Michelle Gaddes
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S.A. Griffin on Elektra’s Mouth
Elektra's Mouth by Suzi Kaplan Olmsted shoots the moon. Visual jazz counterpoint provided by Marc Olmsted, helping set fire to this beautiful burning house of love. ~ S.A. Griffin, Los Angeles-based poet, DJ for killradio.org and co-editor of The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, awarded The Firecracker Award as best in alternative press, and named Best Performance Poet byWanda Coleman for the LA Weekly in 1989, Griffin … Continue reading S.A. Griffin on Elektra’s Mouth
“By the Banks of the Ajoy…” Reviewed by Federica Nightingale
The last poetry collection by Subhankar Das, “By the Banks of the Ajoy, Jaideb Vanishes into the Blue”, is a true jump into a world of images and stunning views of ordinary life. Edited by Virgogray Press, the book is printed bilingual, in English and Bangla. The title poem of the book alludes to authors … Continue reading “By the Banks of the Ajoy…” Reviewed by Federica Nightingale