Poetry/ Sara Spangenberg
A Sacrifice It always bothered me that some plants flower in the fall.Bulbs buried beneath the earth, left tofreeze without a mother. Don’t overwater,let them thirst so that they flourish, choose...
Poetry/ Michael Franco
From The Book of the Night Sky: A Book of Measure Volume II certain atonal intoxications in often relating a History. relationships develop.continuous certainty each extension into temptations. relative boundaries inaugurate...
Small Press/ Renovation and Recalibration: Split/Lip’s Recipe for Longevity
by Susan VisakowitzFounded in 2013 as Split Lip Press, and ever-so-slightly rebranded in 2020 as Split/Lip Press, SLP has had three directors in its eight years and is now run...
Boog City Poets Theater Presents: An Excerpt from Francine Witte’s Love is a Bad Neighborhood
Characters:TagSister PainSister JoyLove DoctorSetting:Place – a mean streetTime – again and againThe play takes place mostly in darkness with the characters highlighted by spotlights. PROLOGUE(THE LOVE DOCTOR...
Printed Matter/ Berger Makes a Good First Impression
by Peter Valente Under the ImpressionJames Berger BlazeVOX [books] In James Berger's Under the Impression, one finds poems in different registers, showing multiple ways in which he interacts with the...
Ann Enzminger, Featured Artist
Ann Enzminger One more couldn’t hurt, acrylic on wood, 12” x 12’’, 2020 Come get me when it’s over, acrylic on wood, 12′ ‘ x 12’’, 2020 I can’t hold...
Michael Rothenberg Comes Alive!
Bob Howard photoMichael Rothenberg and The Ecosound Ensemble Live at The Moon- Word of South 2019https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTRtv652oho Poet Michael Rothenberg + The Bob Malone Band at Cafe Istanbul with Special Guest Evan...
The Boog City Interview: Note for Kyle (Schlesinger)
by Matvei Yankelevich Poets/publishers Matvei Yankelevich and Kyle Schlesinger got together by phone recently to talk about Cuneiform Press, the recently published A Poetics of the Press: Interviews with Poets,...
Stop the Poetry Presses? Never.
by Joe Elliot A Poetics of the Press: Interviews with Poets, Printers, & Publishers Edited by Kyle Schlesinger Ugly Duckling Presse A Poetics of the Press, a collection of interviews...
Fiction / Waste
by Thaddeus RutkowskiMy bicycle has become a trash receptacle. Someone has stuck a used napkin into a crevice in the handlebars. Someone else (or the same person) has clipped a...