On Others

SOME INTERVIEWS, REVIEWS AND ESSAYS:

• “Mrs. Jackson is Riding My Thought.” An Essay on Laura Riding Jackson first presented at St. Marks Poetry Project Symposium (1996). (Republished from The World, 53, 1997) Marsh Hawk Review, Fall 2021.

• “Mistress of Distraction,” review on Rae Armantrout American Book Review, Vol. 40, March/April 2019, pp 24-25.

• Review of Jim Feast’s Long Day, Counting Tomorrow (Autonomedia 2017). Fifth Estate (Winter 2019).

• Interview Patricia Spears Jones on Lucent Fire: New and Selected Poems (White Pine Press), November 27, 2016 . The interview was published in The Poetry Project Newsletter (February/March 2016 Issue #246).

• “In 1990, After a Fierce Tenure Battle…” An essay about publishing Long News in the Short  Century for Steve Clay’s Granary Books. 2015.

• Interview of Harry Mathews. Eoagh: A Journal of the Arts (May 27, 2011).

  • Poetry Foundation on Interview of Harry Mathews. (June 2014)

• “The Content of History Will Be Poetry: On Charles Olson’s History.” Eoagh: A Journal of the Arts. Issue 5 (2009). First presented at the Chax Press conference on Charles Olson in Tucson, Arizona, at The Poetry Center (October 11, 2008). Another version appears in Issue 2 of Zen Monster.

• Review of Martine Bellen’s 2X Squared (BlazeVox 2010). Press 1. Volume 4, Number 2 (September-December 2010).

• Review of Fanny Howe’s Saving History (Sun and Moon Press, 1993). Press 1. Volume 4, Number 2 (September-December 2010).

• Review of Anne Waldman’s “Matriot Acts” (Chax Press 2010). Press 1. Volume 4, Number 2, September-December 2010. Review also published in News from Kore Press (May/June 2010).

• Review of Absolutely Eden by Bobbie Louise Hawkins (United Artists 2008).  Big Bridge (12/14/2008).

• A telephone interview with Maureen Owen on Erosion’s Pull. Talisman 35 (Fall/Winter 2007).

• Review of Solution Simulcra by Gloria Frym (United Artists Books 2006). The Poetry Project Newsletter.

• Review of Continuity Girl by Chris Tysh (United Artists, 2000). Poetry Project Newsletter, Nov/Dec 2000.

• Essay on Paul Green’s Communicator “Reading Green.”  Ecorché (2001).

• Essay on “Different Trains” by Lewis Warsh, Talisman, Issue 18 (Fall 1998).

• Snail Mail from Coast To Coast An Interview of Harryette Mullen.The Poetry Project Newsletter, Issue 162 (Oct/Nov 1996).

• Review of Muse & Drudge by Harryette Mullen (Singing Horse Press, Philadelphia, 1995). The Poetry Project Newsletter,  Issue 161 (April/May 1996).

• Review of Closer to Me and Closer by Alice Notley: The Language of Heaven and Désamere. (O Books. 1995.) The Poetry Project Newsletter (October/November 1995). Also published in Taproot Reviews, #9/10.

• Review of Memory Play by Carla Harryman (O Books, 1994.) The Poetry Project Newsletter, April/May 1995.

SOME BLURBS AND SHORTS BY BARBARA

• Invisible Ink by Jen Schneider (Toho Publishing, 2021)

• Almost Love by Pierre Lepori, translated by Peter Valente  (Talisman Books 2021)

• The Museum of Capitalism by Norman Fischer (Talisman Books 2021)

• Nowhere, Now Here by Charles Springer (2021)

• morning coffee from the other side by Jamey Jones (2021)

• Time with the Season by Ryan Nowlin (2020)

• One Small Saga by Bobbie Louise Hawkins (Ugly Duckling Press, 2019)

• Wings Apart by Burt Kimmelman (Dos Madres, 2019)

• Early Exit by KB Nemcosky (United Artists, 2017)

• Long Day, Counting Tomorrow, by Jim Feast (Autonomedia, 2017)

• It’s Good Weather for Fudge by Sue Walker (New South Books, 2017)

• Time Extends to Those Who Survive by Jim Feast (Fly By Night Press, 2016)

• Like a Lizard Crawling by Michael Forstrom (Spuyten Duyvil 2015)

• Mall Flower by Tina Barry (Big Table Publishing 2015)

• Shut Up Leaves by Tony Iantosca (United Artists 2015)

• Morning Ritual by Lisa Rogel (United Artists 2015)

• Wu by Phyllis Wat (United Artists 2015)

• The Last Protégée by Nancy Resler (Rebel ePublishers 2015)

• Sarah Ghoshal’s Changing the Grid (Finishing Line Press 2015)

• Edges of Water by Maureen Owen (Chax Press 2013)

• Radio at Night by Laurie Price (Lunar Chandelier Press, 2013)

• Sound / Hammer by Dennis Barone (Quale Press 2015)

• The Incredible Shrinking Story: An Anthology (Fast Forward Press, 2011)

• Leslie Scalapino Memorial on Laura Hinton’s Blog (6/22/10)

• Hero Project of the Century by Tyrone Williams (Backwaters Press 2009)

• Introduction for Anne Waldman at the Olson Conference 2009 (Tucson).

• On Alice Notley for The Poetry Center Newsletter (Tucson, 2006)

REVIEWS AND COMMENTARY (MY OLD BLOG 2006-2011):

• Harris Schiff’s One More Beat  (Accent Editions 2011). Sunday, November 13, 2011.

• Bill Kushner’s Walking After Midnight. (Spuyten Duyvil 2011). Thursday, November 03, 2011.

• Rebecca Brown’s The Terrible Girls. (City Lights 2001). Sunday, October 30, 2011.

• Tenney Nathanson/Roberto Bolano/George Tysh. Tenney Nathanson’s Ghost Snow Falls Through the Void (Chax Press 2010); Roberto Bolano’s Antwerp (New Directions 2010); and George Tysh’s Imperfect (United Artists 2010). Thursday, May 13, 2010.

• Between the Mountains: My Poetry Group in Tucson (2006-2010) & // An Interview with Charles Alexander and Tenney Nathanson. Monday, February 22, 2010.

• Warming at Simon Pettet’s Hearth (Talisman 2009).  Sunday, August 23, 2009.

• John Godfrey’s City of Corners (Wave Books 2008). Friday, December 19, 2008.

• Dominique Fabre’s The Waitress Was New. (Archipelago Books 2008). Thursday, September 04, 2008.

• On Conceptual Poetries Conference at the Poetry Center, Tucson Arizona. (2008).
  The Dark Labyrinth of Conceptual Poetries. Saturday, June 14, 2008.

• Steve Katz’s Kissssss: A Miscellany (Fiction Collective 2, December 2007). Friday December 21, 2007.

• Brenda Coultas’s The Marvelous Bones of Time. (Coffee House 2007). Thursday, December 06, 2007.

• Roberto Bolano’s By Night in Chile.  (New Directions 2003). Tuesday, October 09, 2007.  

• Bill Kushner’s In Sunsetland With You. (Straw Gate Books 2007). Wednesday, June 13, 2007