Monthly Archives: July 2011

Remembering Erica Erdman

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July 31, 2011 by author

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

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July 29, 2011 by author

Victor D. Infante

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 … Continue reading→

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

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July 23, 2011 by author

Victor D. Infante

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

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July 20, 2011 by author

Victor D. Infante

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

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July 20, 2011 by author

Victor D. Infante

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 … Continue reading→

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