John Reed’s Tales of Woe offers a parade of captivating, affronting stories that challenge and delight—er, disturb—the reader. BOMBlog’s Ben Mirov wades through the tears.
Author archives for Ben Mirov
“Sometimes People Suffer For No Reason”: John Reed
September 21, 2010 – 2:49 pm
“Come Into My Amazing Yard”: Brandon Downing
June 25, 2010 – 3:33 pm
Somewhere between art book and poetry opus, Brandon Downing’s Lake Antiquity fills a void that may well represent the future-space of new writing. BOMBlog’s Ben Mirov picks his brain.
Small Press Spotlight: Birds, LLC
May 24, 2010 – 5:06 pm
Birds, LLC is unique in the landscape of small poetry presses. Run by a group of friends who reside in multiple cities, the underlying aim of the press seems to be to publish within a small circumference of poets with close ties to its editors. Ben Mirov puts this small press under the spotlight.
Small Press Spotlight: Fence Books
April 2, 2010 – 12:37 pm
Small Press Spotlight is a new monthly column at BOMBlog that explores the incredibly varied world of small literary presses, one at a time. First up: poetry powder keg FENCE Books. Check out our rundown of their recent releases.
Jillian Weise: Cyborg Dreams
March 11, 2010 – 2:33 pm
Jillian Weise was already the author of two collections of poetry when she began writing The Colony, a novel that is by turns disturbing, beautiful and hilarious.
New Lives: An Interview with Justin Taylor
February 10, 2010 – 12:19 pm
Justin Taylor’s collection Everything Here is the Best Thing Ever is jagged-edged, darklywrought debut made of broken beer bottles and sidereal light. Stories in the collection range from densely packed flash narratives to longer pieces that draw out their impact in a lengthier, but no less potent, manner. Perhaps the most articulate aspect of the collection is its unforgiving portrayal of its characters. The young men and women in Taylor’s stories gain their vividness and our sympathy via the same qualities that make them distasteful outsiders.
Mark Bibbins: “We the Reader”
November 17, 2009 – 3:06 pm
Although The Dance of No Hard Feelings is Mark Bibbins’ second book of poetry, nothing about this recently released collection feels sophomoric. Its bulk (just under 100 pages), its effortless political and didactic flourishes, its lapidary formal qualities and charismatic cadences give an impression of rare expertise.
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