By Jon Sands Write Bloody Publishing (2011) www.writebloody.com $15.00; 120 pp; ISBN: 978-1935904267 (Reviewed by G. David, phati’tude Literary Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 1) JON SANDS’ RISE IN THE POETRY COMMUNITY in New York and beyond these past few years has been meteoric. Known primarily as a spoken word artist, he is also a poet, [...]
By Anne Waldman Coffee House Press (2011) www.coffeehousepress.org $40.00; 720 pp.; ISBN 9781566892551 (Reviewed by Jennifer-Crystal Johnson, phati’tude Literary Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 2) SAYS ANNE WALDMAN IN THE OPENING of her book, Anew: “So poem is the song in spite of the will of Zeus. Blast him, and that willpower played out as it [...]
By Runo Isaksen Interlink Pub Group (2008) www.interlinkbooks.com $18.00; 222 pp.; ISBN-10: 1566567300 (Reviewed by G. David, phati’tude Literary Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 3) WHILE AMERICAN LITERATURE COVERS an abundance of ethnic literatures and a myriad of social and political issues, the unifying factor is the English language. On the other hand, Israeli literature is [...]
By Sayd Majrouh, Marjolijn de Jager (Tr) Other Press (2010) www.otherpress.com $14.95; 128 pp.; ISBN-10: 1590513983 (Reviewed by Rebecca Kaye, phati’tude Literary Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 3) SONGS OF LOVE AND WAR: AFGHAN WOMEN’S POETRY is a collection of two-line poems — called landays — improvised and sung by thousands of anonymous female voices. The [...]
A nameless old man who “carries his smell with him / Wherever his smell takes him,” the antihero of Henry’s latest collection stands as a stark rejoinder to the placid and revelatory monologues that are a commonplace of many male poets.
Almost 150 years after its creation, Lewis Carroll’s delightfully weird Wonderland world continues to fascinate — and to spawn merchandise. Jewelry, trinkets, clothing, cosmetics: We want it all.
I never read books until I was 14 years old. Typical boy, I was out in all weathers playing cricket or football instead. What turned me on to literature, was when a respected older Cousin suggested I listen to The Cure’s “Killing An Arab” and then read Camus’ “L’Etranger”, both of which I dutifully did. . . . Oh yeah, I not only read books now, I write ‘em as well. And as part of that, music is still key.
This month we offer A MISCELLANY OF BOOK REVIEWS, from classic English crime fiction by Elizabeth Daly to the re-issuance of Harvard’s disastrous The Notebooks of Robert Frost,”to Canadian poet Kenneth Sherman, who reminds readers in his essay collection, that poetry offers the deepest address to the hard truths of our own life experiences. Finally, a weekly roundup of noteworthy reviews from other sources from the website, THE SECOND PASS. Happy reading!
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