Books Discussed: Mean Free Path by Ben Lerner (Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 2010) Salvage by Kristy Bowen (New York: Black Lawrence Press, 2016) What Weaponry by Elizabeth J. Colen (New York: Black Lawrence Press, 2016) I was initially … Continued
(New York, NY: Black Lawrence Press, 2016) I’ll confess, when Renée Ashley’s sixth full-length collection of poetry arrived in the mail, the title, The View from the Body, gave me pause. Body, body, body. More than enough poets, I thought, … Continued
(New York: Black Lawrence Press, 2015) I have long been interested in the relationship between the poem and the moment or, perhaps more precisely, the moment as it sits perched within memory. But after my sister’s sudden and unexpected passing, … Continued