Literary Nonfiction. Memoir. "My soul looks back," James Baldwin said, "and wonders how I got over." Volume two of Sharon Doubiago's memoir, MY FATHER'S LOVE, reveals the legacy of her father's sexual
Poetry. "In THE SPIRITUAL LIFE OF REPLICANTS Murat Nemet-Nejat has found a way to filter the 'peripheral relationship of consciousness to wider natural forces' through a playful, deftly imaginative an
Poetry. "As the world swiftly disarticulates, AT ELEMENT provides an intensely considered poetry of witness. Turn by turn 'imbedded in the book' and spoken 'from within the thing,' AT ELEMENT navigate
Fiction. Art. THE MUTATION OF FORTUNE documents the parallel fortunes of one protagonist living multiple lives. As she navigates her Marchen landscape, she goes through varied transformations, becomin
Poetry. Anthology. BLUE ARC WEST: An Anthology of California Poets, features work from Rich Yurman, Kim Young, Neil Aitken, Linda Brown, Sherman Pearl, Bruce Lader, Nita Donovan, ellen, Keven Bellows,
Poetry. "'Wholehearted' is an undervalued word; to my mind it means not blind enthusiasm or unthinking embrace but something more like the full consent of the self to experience, to be present in the
Poetry. "A house made of doors? A house sewn from pockets? A house constructed out of watches? To read this book is to take a delightful, wildly imaginative tour through a series of improbably desirab
Cultural Writing. Literary Criticism. In THE "FALLEN WESTEN STAR" WARS, Jack Foley documents the heated debate that surrounds literary California. "When Dana Gioia, the author of "Can Poetry Matter?,"
Poetry. Risa Kaparo is a teacher, therapist and writer who makes her home on the island of Kauai. Her life, like that of the Handless Maiden-the character from the fairy tale that forms the thematic u
Poetry. "The comic genius of Judy Wells takes a serious turn in CALL HOME. Ninety-two-year-old Irene announces to her children that she is dying, and so the wake begins with the waggish matriarch in f
Poetry. African American Studies. Drawings by Kathleen Rashid. "URBAN JUNKSTAR illustrates creative depth and dexterity that exceeds most of her contemporaries. Attuned to the sounds and silences in t
Poetry. "Susan Terris's new and selected poems is described best in the surprising way its images align as proofs of story with and against voice. Sometimes the voice is made missile with the oddest l
Poetry. Group 18 is a poetry workshop meeting in Northampton, MA, since 1985. Numerous poets, many of whom are now scattered across the country, have participated in its regular weekly sessions. This
Poetry. LGBT Studies. Ana Bo?icević is both a poet's poet and the people's poet. RISE IN THE FALL, her second full-length collection, is a revolutionary book and an ars poetica for the polis i
Literary Nonfiction. Poetry History & Criticism. Poetics. LOST & FOUND features extra-poetic work—correspondence, journals, critical prose, and lecture transcripts—by New American Poets, with
Poetry. Winner of the 2010 Antivenom Poetry Award. Contest judge, Jane Satterfield, had this to say about RAG & BONE: "This is a poetry of pain and power...whether describing the precise coloratio
Poetry. Marc Rahe's concern with the body—in motion, trauma, sickness, health, intoxication, joy, wonder, and waiting—fascinates and compels one to heartbreak, desire, and resignation. These poems are
Poetry. Literary Nonfiction. Andrea Rexilius's first book, TO BE HUMAN IS TO BE A CONVERSATION, combines memoir, essay, performance, research, poetry, and lyric meditation to entwine, twist, and twin
Poetry. Oblique, intelligent, and sad, THE LILY WILL introduces readers to a voice beautifully sustained through compressed lyrics and long, meticulous sequences. The geography of this book is one of
Literary Nonfiction. Poetry. Fiction. Art. THE INSTITUTE FOR SPECIES SYSTEMIZATION: AN EXPERIMENTAL ARCHIVE documents the past projects and ongoing experimental processes of the ISS. This groundbreaki
