Modern Americans

Rumors of the death of the poet-critic have been greatly exaggerated, and Chris Nealon ’ s here tonight as living proof. They make nice ac...

Here’s the intro I gave for Brandon Downing at his Powell’s reading in Portland on Sunday . Brandon Downing is the author of The Shirt Wea...

About 45 pairs of ear turned out to hear Brandon Downing and Macgregor Card at Powell’s on Hawthorne Sunday, including those of local poet...

Some poets are sitars, others are symphonies. The sitar poets push lines out into time at varying speeds, shaping attention into pattern thr...

Dana Ward’s poetry reminds me of that arcade game where you have to steer a grapple over a pile of soft toys. The object is to get the claw...

“Excuse me officer, I thought you were a shape-shifting rat.” If there were some messy Planet of the Apes -like apocalypse, and this were th...

For Brandon’s Tangent reading in Portland on Saturday: For a long time now, Brandon Brown’s righteous careen through poetry has been a mod...

Tom Fisher, Alli Warren & Brandon Brown gave one of the best readings I’ve been to in Portland on Saturday, bringing down the variegat...

For Del’s Tangent reading in Portland on Saturday: I am slowly learning there are persons for whom poetry has no glamour. One reason the ne...

For Kasey's Tangent reading in Portland on Saturday: In darker moments, I fear my one claim to fame will be as the torso with the pea c...

Three years ago today, Nada Gordon delivered the introduction below at the Bowery Poetry Club in NYC. Introductions are one of the most neg...

I'm behind on reading reports; plan to catch up soon. In the meantime, here's the intro for Vincent Katz from his Tangent reading ...

Here's the intro I read for Kevin Killian last night at Tangent . ( Matthew Stadler introduced Dodie.) Reading report to follow. I can’...