The Editors Write: There are a lot of currents running through Steve Ramirez’s poetry, not the least of which is an omnipresent sense of gentleness, even when he’s training his eye on the roughest of subjects. Ramirez’s diction and the … Continue reading→

Posted in Editors| Tagged Brendan Constantine, Radius, Samuel Rees, Steve Ramirez| 2 Replies|

From the “Next … Magazine” Files

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May 27, 2011 by author

Victor D. Infante

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→

Posted in Regular contributors| Tagged Buried Treasures, From the "Next ... Magazine" Files, Lawrence Schulz| Leave a reply|

Three Poems By Monica Hand

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May 24, 2011 by author

Victor D. Infante

Some sign of nature
By Monica Hand

That day on the laundry bench outside, an escape
from heat of dryers people folding; that day
the homeless man from the park nearby out his mind
out … Continue reading→

Posted in Guest contributors| Tagged Elegies for Poets, Lucille Clifton, Monica Hand, political poems| 7 Replies|

“Reading” Pinsky Reading

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May 23, 2011 by author

Sam Cha

In Democracy, … Continue reading→

Posted in Regular contributors| Tagged Critique of Contemporary Poetry, Poetry and Performance, Robert Pinsky, Sam Cha| 2 Replies|