Carl-Klassen, Abigail. Village Mechanics. McAllen, TX: FlowerSong Press, 2025. I blurbed this excellent collection of poems from one of the most important Mennonite poets writing today. My copy recently arrived in the mail. Lopez, Robert. Dispatches from Puerto Nowhere: An American Story of Assimilation and Erasure. Columbus, OH: Two Dollar Radio, 2023. I heard aboutContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
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Books Acquired Recently
Ashbery, John. A Wave: Poems. New York: Viking Press, 1984. I have been reading lots of haiku lately, and I also love the New York School of poets, so when I heard about this collection in which Ashbery includes haiku and haibun (a related form that combines prose with haiku), I decided to order it.Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Book Acquired Recently: Shelter Management by Abigail Carl-Klassen
Carl-Klassen, Abigail. Shelter Management. Chicago: Dancing Girl Press & Studio, 2017. I received this chapbook of poems in the mail a few days ago. Carl-Klassen is a member of the second generation of Mennonite writers and a good friend, so I pre-ordered the book as soon as I could and it finally arrived. I’ve alreadyContinue reading “Book Acquired Recently: Shelter Management by Abigail Carl-Klassen”
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