buy from HFS Books buy from Bookshop.org “Alfred Arteaga’s poems have the courage of dislocation, moved in underworld descent, migration, prophecy, protest, starry skies, and heteroglossia. Gathered at last into a single book, Xicancuicatl is an epic cycle for our times.” —Edgar Garcia, author of Skins of Columbus: A Dream Ethnography Xicancuicatl: Collected Poems collects the poetry of…
Announcing “A Forest of Names”
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buy from HFS Books buy from Bookshop.org “Ian’s poetry project about the student victims in Sichuan is an ambitious, long-time endeavor. His project demonstrates a deep understanding of the tragic event and the humanitarian loss in a society. The poetry often deals with the intuitive and compelling translations of simple Chinese characters that make up…
Announcing “RENDANG”
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buy from HFS Books buy from Bookshop.org “Harris’s poems turn the utterance back to ourselves, opening a dialogue between us, our modernity, the depth of our loss and the weight of our remembering. Where epithets rend memory from the moment, the artefacts of wounds heal themselves through a weft of irony, weaving language into a…
Enjoy a slide show from Pablo Delano’s “Hartford Seen”
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“With the images in Hartford Seen Pablo Delano captures the delicate balance between architectural permanence and the evanescence of community—a celebration of generations of residents and the structures they’ve shaped.” —Frank Mitchell, Executive Director, The Amistad Center for Art & Culture With more than 150 full-color images, Hartford Seen vitally expands the repertoire of photographic studies…
#theageofphillis: Honorée Fanonne Jeffers talks latest book of poetry on Twitter
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On April 16, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers answered questions, on Twitter, about her new book, The Age of Phillis. Using the hashtag, #theageofphillis, readers tuned in to ask Jeffers about her process, inspiration, and relationship to documentary poetry. Below is a recap of the informative, heartfelt, sometimes humorous Q&A with Honorée. “Jeffers pulls from historical archives…
Brenda Hillman receives Morton Dauwen Zabel Award for Lifetime Achievement
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Congratulations to Brenda Hillman! Brenda Hillman was chosen by the American Academy of Arts and Letters to receive the Morton Dauwen Zabel Award for lifetime achievement. This biennial award, which rotates between poetry, criticism, and fiction, recognizes writers of “progressive, original, and experimental tendencies.” Read the full release about 2020 Literature Award Winners here. Brenda…
“Deeply skilled and forcefully honed…” Kerri Webster’s The Trailhead
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The following is an excerpt from the review “Forging a Place: Love, Violence, and Identity in Four New Poetry Collections,” by Robert Peake, in Poetry Salzburg Review, no. 34. Summer 2019. The Trailhead by Kerrie Webster will be available in paperback in March 2020. Kerri Webster’s accomplished The Trailhead takes readers on a journey through landscapes of…
