Monthly Archives: July 2011

Remembering Erica Erdman

By Matthew Mars She was on my mind a lot this morning. She often is. I’m still mad at her for leaving us all like that. I’m so glad, though, I got to participate, now and then, in her art. … Continue reading

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Poem by Tammy Ho Lai-Ming

Official Causes of Death in a Chinese Prison by Tammy Ho Lai-Ming A exhausted himself arranging sunflowers. B drank too much hot water. C suffered a heart attack passing a toilet roll to his comrade. D lost his breath while … Continue reading

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Radius: Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz, Megan Thoma, Laura Lamb Brown-Lavoie

The Editors Write: With her fearless internal excavations and snap-rattle metaphors, Megan Thoma is easily among the most interesting of the current generation of poets coming into their own by way of slam. Note the phraseology: Is that in some … Continue reading

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Poetry Review: Views From View Park 3: Crenshaw N’ Slauson

 By Carlye Archibeque VIEWS FROM VIEW PARK 3: Crenshaw n’ Slauson Even the most renownned poetry is subject to the opinions of others. How much more so a small chapbook collect of poems by students of a lower income charter … Continue reading

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Poem by Penelope Schott

craigslist by Penelope Schott 1.  I am at least 18 years old. Lilliana works at a Starbucks. Customers admire her smile. Sometimes she winks for tips but she still can’t make her rent. She has dropped her art class because … Continue reading

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From the “Next … Magazine” Files

Compiled by G. Murray Thomas Next … Magazine covered the Southern California poetry scene on monthly basis from 1994 through 1998. In the process, it provided a ground-level view of a transitional period in poetry, in SoCal and nationally. “From … Continue reading

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The First Patriarch of Rock & Roll: Bob Dylan and the Prophet Archetype

By Jade Sylvan (excerpted from the forthcoming book, More Popular Than Jesus: The Beatles and the Mythology of Rock by Jade Sylvan and Steve Wagner) “I felt right at home in this mythical realm made up not with individuals so … Continue reading

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Radius: Daniel McGinn, Jaimes Palacio, Loretta Obstfeld

The Editors Write: If one’s seeking signs of health among the country’s surrealist and post-modern movements, one need only train one’s eyes westward. Southern California, for reasons that remain mostly inexplicable, remains a hotbed for surrealist poetry, and few approach … Continue reading

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Poem By Wetdryvac

Naming the Entity – Elegy for Emily Dickinson By Wetdryvac we’re pretty sure the correct name has been assigned that one quick cut between library stacks of footage caught her tired-dried face caught the quarter second between deadman’s release, stored … Continue reading

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“Decoded” by Jay-Z

Reviewed By Lenore Weiss Decoded is a book about music that verges on art. The inside cover describes it as “A collection of lyrics and their meanings that together tell the story of a culture, an art form, a moment … Continue reading

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