a book review by Zoe Shaw
A variety of histories and subcultures distributed among multiple poetic forms rejects the representation of stand-ins for a single version of Japanese culture.
A conversation with Sarah Richards and Kevin Chong
I liked that the original gave me a basic structure that freed me up to think about the characters in the story.
On the way to a reading, Kaveh Akbar talked to Tess Liem about his debut full-length collection of poetry, Calling a Wolf a Wolf (Alice James Books 2017). Among other things, the two discuss the addiction recovery narrative, writing in proximity to violence, and how to allow silence into a poem.
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