Poetry Month, Day 23*: Dan O’Brien Recommends CB Editions

April 23, 2013

Charles Boyle and his one-man operation CB Editions in London came to my attention because he was willing to publish me. What drew him to my work is what I find so compelling and refreshing in Boyle’s small but potent catalog (which includes a few pseudonymous books by Boyle himself—I won’t tell you which): a [...]

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Poetry Month, Day 22*: Shara Lessley Recommends Tavern Books and Poets House

April 22, 2013

After nearly three years as a resident of Amman, Jordan, there are certain stateside conveniences that call to me—access to fresh tomatillos and blueberries, for instance, green grass in public parks. Still, one of the things I miss most as an ex-pat living in the Middle East is access to public libraries. Maps, manuscripts, documents [...]

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Poetry Month, Day 21*: Marci Rae Johnson Recommends Accents Publishing

April 21, 2013

Accents Publishing, launched in 2010, has already published an impressive list of twenty-seven poetry books. Their mission, as stated on the website, is to “promote brilliant voices in an affordable publication format, and to foster an exchange of literature among different world cultures and languages.” A look around the website confirms their success in meeting [...]

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Poetry Month, Day 20*: Erica Dawson Recommends Measure

April 20, 2013

Since 2005, Measure has published the most innovative and compelling formal verse, picking up where The Formalist left off.  The newest issue, “The Music Issue,” features Seamus Heaney, Carrie Jerrell, Sufjan Stevens, and Lucinda Williams.  And as if that weren’t cool enough, Rob Griffith and Paul Bone have started Measure Press, which will publish several [...]

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Poetry Month, Day 19*: Rebecca Gayle Howell Recommends Larkspur Press

April 19, 2013

I want to draw your attention to Larkspur Press of Monterey, Kentucky. Larkspur is a letterpress with an admirable ambition: to publish emerging and established writers in editions that can be described as both fine and affordable. The Larkspur catalog includes new works by writers like Wendell Berry, Bobbie Ann Mason and Michael Moran and [...]

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Weekly Prose Feature: “A Collaborative Interview on Collaborations, Part 1” by Emilia Phillips

April 19, 2013

“Thou shalt eat and tire at the same time,” goes one of Denise Duhamel and Maureen Seaton’s “10 Commandments of Collaboration,” but with our technological interconnectivity, the collaborative process now extends far beyond a joint regimen and shared workspace. Collaborations, particularly between poets and poets and artists, function as epistolary exchanges, accountability systems, proving grounds, [...]

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Poetry Month, Day 18*: Mark Cox Recommends New Ohio Review

April 18, 2013

In the Seventies, when I was introduced to “little magazines” (yes, that’s what we called them), one of the first periodicals I read was The Ohio Review. Founded by Wayne Dodd and Stan Plumly, and edited by Dodd for some thirty years, that venerable magazine published some of the best poetry, author interviews, and craft [...]

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Poetry Month, Day 17*: Laura McCullough Recommends American Poetry Review

April 17, 2013

One of my favorite literary magazines is American Poetry Review.  It has been publishing poetry and essays since the 70s, and recently relocated to the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, which should ensure its future in this difficult time for print mags. The reason I like APR might seem selfish to anyone who knows that [...]

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Poetry Month, Day 16*: Corey Van Landingham Recommends LitRagger

April 16, 2013

It was difficult for me to think of just one literary journal I adore, so I wanted to introduce people to LitRagger: the first app that allows people to read many of my personal favorite literary journals and magazines on their iPads and iPhones. When Adam Lefton and Landon Sandy put their heads together to [...]

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Poetry Month, Day 15*: Gary Jackson Recommends Tuesday; An Art Project

April 15, 2013

How could I not love a journal that employs a semicolon in its title? Tuesday; An Art Project goes against the grain of the traditional idea of a journal. Instead of bound pages between two covers, we get a stack of postcard-sized prints (and one actual postcard) with beautifully rendered poems, photos, and other visuals [...]

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