Yesterday we received word of two positive events: The New York Post requested Karen McNally’s When Frankie Went to Hollywood: Frank Sinatra and American Male Identity for an April review date and […]
Category: poetry
7.5 stars and a picked-scab reference for “Tongue & Groove”
Coldfront, an online poetry magazine, gives Stephen Cramer’s Tongue & Groove 7.5 stars. “Imagine a man in the subway who removes his shirt and starts picking a scab. Would you […]
Steve Gehrke interview
A1 Poetry Post features an interview with Steve Gehrke, author of the recent poetry collection Michelangelo’s Seizure. […]
Good Medicine by Laurie Clements Lambeth
We had just returned from a doctor’s appointment when I got the call telling me Veil and Burn was a winner of the National Poetry Series. At one moment my […]
Poetry reviews Illinois poetry
The March 2008 issue of Poetry includes a rave review (scroll to the bottom) of Sandra McPherson’s Expectation Days. “This book is a knockout. Sandra McPherson is fully aware of […]
Just Landed: An array of new books
Eight new books recently landed on my desk! –Veil and Burn Poems by Laurie Clements Lambeth (March 31, 2008) –Mexican Chicago: Race, Identity, and Nation, 1916-39 by Gabriela F. Arredondo […]
UIP poet Michael S. Harper awarded the Frost Medal
This morning’s Providence Journal reports that University of Illinois Press poet Michael S. Harper has been awarded the Frost Medal. Harper’s many books include, Dear John, Dear Coltrane, Songlines in Michaeltree: […]
Sacramento News & Review highlights “Expectation Days”
Josh Fernandez, writing in the Sacramento News & Review, praises Sandra McPherson’s new book of poetry, Expectation Days. “In the completeness of her description—tender, shocking, hilarious—McPherson’s Expectation Days leaves […]
Poetry Foundation Shout Out to Stephen Cramer
Rigoberto González gives a Poetry Foundation Wednesday Shout Out to Stephen Cramer’s new book of poetry, Tongue & Groove. “Last week I attended a New York City book party in celebration of […]
“Don West: Let Us Now Praise a Dangerous Poet, Part 2″ by Jeff Biggers
Jeff Biggers is the author of In the Sierra Madre (University of Illinois Press, 2007) and The United States of Appalachia (Shoemaker and Hoard, 2007). The University of Illinois Press […]
“Don West: Let Us Now Praise a Dangerous Poet, Part 1” by Jeff Biggers
Jeff Biggers is the author of In the Sierra Madre (University of Illinois Press, 2007) and The United States of Appalachia (Shoemaker and Hoard, 2007). The University of Illinois Press […]
Memorial reading for poet Len Roberts
University of Illinois Press author Len Roberts passed away on May 25, 2007, prior to the publication of his latest book of poetry, The Disappearing Trick. Yesterday’s edition of Morning […]