Small Press Highlights, 2010 Edition | National Book Critics Circle

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Small Press Highlights, 2010 Edition by rigoberto gonzález | Dec-20-2010

BlazeVOX [books]: Urayoán Noel, Hi-Density Politics: No other poet can make music out of NYC’s white noise and stage a play using the “scenes from an apocalipsync” like the inimitable Noel--a poet who packs more energy into a single page than most can pack into an entire book. So what’s the book about?: “IT’S ALL ABOUT THE SLIGHT LIMPS, BABY,  THE ETHNIC FOOD  THE QUEER RAZA  THE SITUATIONALIST THEORY  THE MECHANICAL BULLS  THE INCA TEMPLES  THE LEATHERETTE GLOVES  THE STIRRUPPED CUTUPS  THE BAD BEATITUDES  THE STILLBORN MORNINGS  THE PARTIAL MEMORIES  THE UNDERWEAR HANGOVERS  THE S&M AT THE H&M...”



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Greg Bem Reviews Tom Clark’s At the Fair

At the Fair by Tom Clark. 132 pages. BlazeVOX [books], 2010. $16.00.

Tom Clark’s latest book of poetry is a welcome assortment of verse and prose featuring diverse styles, impeccable themes, and moving stories, all told in retrospective, West Coast candor. Through the emulation of a small town world made complete with an intrinsically international mythology rooted to mankind’s relationship with the universe, At the Fair is like a “best of” for a poignant culture. The book makes the attempt to go from microcosmic reliance to macrocosmic necessity and succeeds in forging an alliance between the two, achieving a noble goal to unite timeless queries: foster meaning with language, empathize with undeniable Memory, and bolster with compassion toward life and beauty.

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http://www.pilotbooksseattle.com/blog/book-reviews/greg-bem-reviews-tom-clarks-at-the-fair/

Another fine review of Multiverse up at Poet's Quarterly

Multiverse by Michael Smith
http://poetsquarterly.yolasite.com/winter11_smith.php

Buy it here:
http://www.blazevox.org/bk-msmith.htm






Happy December :-)

Hurray for GALATEA RESURRECTS

We are pleased to announce the release of Galatea Resurrects' 15th Issue, which presents 72 New Poetry Reviews as well as other feature presentations. The issue can be accessed directly at 

http://galatearesurrection15.blogspot.com

Check out these BlazeVOX [books] reviews!

John Bloomberg-Rissman reviews AT THE FAIR by Tom Clark

Buy it here:

http://www.blazevox.org/bk-tc2.htm

Eileen Tabios engages APPARITION POEMS by Adam Fieled

Buy it here:

http://www.blazevox.org/bk-af2.htm

Edric Mesmer reviews ON SECRETS OF MY PRISON HOUSE by Geoffrey Gatza

Buy it here:

http://www.blazevox.org/bk-ggatza.htm

Jon Curley reviews CLEANING THE MIRROR: SELECTED AND NEW POEMS by Joel Chace

Tom Beckett reviews CLEANING THE MIRROR: SELECTED AND NEW POEMS by Joel Chace

Buy it here:

http://www.blazevox.org/bk-jchace.htm

G.E. Schwartz reviews THE FUTURE IS HAPPY by Sarah Sarai

Buy it here:

http://www.blazevox.org/bk-ss2.htm

Best, Geoffrey
 

2 new reviews!!!

Multiverse by Michael Smith at storySouth

http://www.storysouth.com/2010/09/mike-smiths-multiverse.html




From Old Notebooks by Evan Lavender-Smith at HTMLGiant. 

Check it out: http://htmlgiant.com/feature/writers-respond-an-interview-with-evan-lavender-smith