Tag: Veliz Books
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microreview: Gabriela Aguirre’s La isla de tu nombre
This week’s microreview features Gabriela Aguirre’s La isla de tu nombre and is presented first in English (with translations of the Spanish), followed by a full Spanish translation of the microreview. Special thanks to Veliz Books editor Laura Cesarco Eglin for her great help with translations of the poems and prose. review by José Angel Araguz review translation…
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one more from tina cane
In my recent microreview & interview of Tina Cane’s Once More With Feeling (Veliz Books), I focused on the idea of place and its dual nature in the book as noun and action. I found this particular lens to the collection engaging on several levels. In a poem, place is often both what we write about and…
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microreview & interview: Tina Cane’s Once More With Feeling
review by José Angel Araguz A Minor History of the East Village – Tina Cane Maybe you knew a kid who booked through Tompkins Square on his Schwinn and came out the other side without the bike and in his socks never mind he wasn’t buying drugs this the price of his stupidity or maybe you…
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* microreview & interview: jeff sirkin’s travelers aid society
After having done a couple of “microreview & interviews” for the Cincinnati Review blog, I have decided to incorporate the form into The Friday Influence. Essentially, I’ll highlight a couple of poems as well as responses from the poet to a question or two specifically about influences. My goal remains centered on sharing things I’ve…
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