Poetry
Uncle Ho’s Poetry
By Richard TuttleRichard Tuttle recently showed with James Ensor – a hero, whom he feels has brought the verbal and visual to the same plane, as well as contributing to the literature of artists who write about art – in Ostend, Belgium. Enlisting as a pilot in Vietnam, the Air Force decided Tuttle could not be trusted to "push the button", and gave an honorable discharge. The wounds of those years, for many, he believes, are still not healed. A suggested reading list from RT: Ho Chi Minh: A Life, by William J. Duiker; Down With Colonialism! (speeches of Ho Chi Minh, with an introduction by Walter Bello), & The Prison Poems of Ho Chi Minh (with an intro and photos by Larry Towell; also in various editions).
from DIGIGRAMS
By Barbara HenningBarbara Henning is the author of several collections of poetry, her most recent A Day Like Today (Negative Capability Press 2015). Recent others include A Swift Passage (Quale Press), Cities and Memory (Chax Press) and a collection of object-sonnets, My Autobiography (United Artists). She has published three novels, Thirty Miles to Rosebud, You Me and the Insects and Black Lace, and she is the editor of Looking Up Harryette Mullen and The Collected Prose of Bobbie Louise Hawkins. Born in Detroit, Barbara now lives in Brooklyn and teaches for Long Island University, as well as writers.com. http://barbarahenning.com
from S + COP – E = Computational Topographical Fur
By Brenda IijimaBrenda Iijima’s involvements occur at the intersections and mutations of poetry, research movement, ecological sociology and submerged histories. She is the author of seven full-length collections of poetry and numerous chapbooks and artist’s books. Her most recent book, Remembering Animals was published by Nightboat Books in 2016. She is also the editor of the eco language reader (Nightboat Books and PP@YYL). She is the editor of Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs, located in Brooklyn, NY (http://yoyolabs.com/).
from Vestigial
By Aja Couchois DuncanAja Couchois Duncan is a Bay Area writer, coach and capacity builder, and forest dweller of Ojibwe, French and Scottish descent. Her most recent book, Restless Continent (Litmus Press) was selected by Entropy Magazine as one of the best poetry collections of 2016 and the California Book Award for Poetry in 2017. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University and a variety of other degrees and credentials to certify her as human. Great Spirit knew it all along.
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By Michael FarrellMichael Farrell is from Bombala in New South Wales and lives in Melbourne. He published A Lyrebird: Selected Poems with Blazevox last year.
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By Kimberly LyonsKimberly Lyons new book of poetry, Capella, is due from Oread Press in spring of 2018. An essay on Basil King's works on paper comes out in Talisman later this year. She lives in Chicago from where she publishes Lunar Chandelier Press.
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By Robert HershonRobert Hershon has written 14 books of poetry, most recently Freeze Frame and Goldfish and Rose. He has won two NEA fellowships and three from the NY Foundation on the Arts. He has been co-editor of Hanging Loose Press since its founding in 1966.
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By Celina SuCelina Su's first book of poetry, Landia, was published by Belladonna* in 2018. She is the Marilyn J. Gittell Chair in Urban Studies and an Associate Professor of Political Science at the City University of New York.
In Conversation
Brenda Iijima with Aja Couchois Duncan
“These poems and the ontological outlook of the trajectory you take bridge the spirit world with the physical world in myriad ways. Resistance is this powerful combinatorial matrix. Western monotheism has failed miserably to understand how to live harmoniously on planet earth. Restless Continent resets the precepts of engagement to draw a fuller living image of ecological and spiritual life.”
