October 13, 2010 – 2:25 pm

Carlos Oquendo de Amat’s cult object-book 5 metros de poemas is a surrealist counter-point to the Latin American poets of his time. Urayoán Noel reflects on the new edition from Ugly Duckling Presse.
October 5, 2010 – 3:59 pm

It’s that time of the year again! From The Social Network to Film Socialisme, David Phelps profiles some of the New York Film Festival’s main slate features. Godard still prevails.
September 15, 2010 – 3:59 pm

This special episode of Phoned-In features poems from issue #1 of the journal Telephone. Click through to hear twelve poets read their translations of a poem by Uljana Wolf and to read an interview with editors Sharmila Cohen and Paul Legault.
By Luke Degnan
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Posted in Phoned-In
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Also tagged Audio, Eugene Ostashevsky, Interview, Isabel Fargo Cole, John Gallaher, Luke Degnan, Macgregor Card, Mary Jo Bang, Paul Legault, Phoned-In, Podcast, Poets, Priscilla Becker, Robert Fitterman, Sharmila Cohen, Susan Bernofsky, Telephone, Timothy Donnelly, Uljana Wolf
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September 8, 2010 – 3:33 pm
Josh has a bunch of degrees. He’s also written a nice stack of books. If you read a poem of his you might agree that there’s something wild-eyed and ghostly about it. His newest collection of verse is called Selenography, about two handfuls of sprawling poems accompanied by the Polaroid photography of Tim Rutili, frontman of the band Califone, and Josh’s friend. Part 2 of a 2 part conversation.
August 31, 2010 – 5:00 pm

I want to shock you in a wine & cheese kind of way. This twelfth episode of Phoned-In features a reading by poet Jim Behrle. Click through to listen to the podcast and to read a Q&A in which he and Luke Degnan discuss The Boston Poet Tea Party, satire, Snooki and being punched in the face.
August 30, 2010 – 5:15 pm
Josh has a bunch of degrees. He’s also written a nice stack of books. If you read a poem of his you might agree that there’s something wild-eyed and ghostly about it. His newest collection of verse is called Selenography, about two handfuls of sprawling poems accompanied by the Polaroid photography of Tim Rutili, frontman of the band Califone, and Josh’s friend. Part 1 of a 2 part conversation.
August 11, 2010 – 1:03 pm

Why am I here–in this house–in this world–which also holds a man screaming as other men saw at his neck with an inadequate knife? In episode 11 of Phoned-In, BOMB Magazine’s poetry reading by phone podcast, Mairéad Byrne reads from her book, The Best of (What’s Left of) Heaven. Click through for the reading and a short Q&A.
Powered by the refrain-directive “write,” and “cross out,” the content of poet and collage artist Lucy Ives’ most recent work, Anamnesis, remains under active, sustained deliberation throughout. BOMBlog’s Claire Wilcox emailed with Ives, discussing practice, poetry, and power of fortuitous error.
Guillevic’s Geometries, deftly “Englished,” by the venerable Richard Sieburth is out now as part of Ugly Duckling Presse’s Lost Literature series. BOMBlog’s Levi Rubeck squares the circle.
By Levi Rubeck
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Posted in Literature
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Also tagged Euclidiennes, Geometries, Guillevic, line, Lost Literature, math, Richard Sieburth, sphere, UDP, Ugly Duckling Presse, Verse
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