by McKenzie | Mar 22, 2013 | Poetry Collections, Reviews
Upon first impression, Lisa Fishman’s Flower Cart may appear to be somewhat inaccessible and scattered, due to its intellectual leaps, orientation-variations (horizontal and vertical) and multimedia-feel insertions. However, through further exploration, the...
by McKenzie | Mar 7, 2013 | Poetry Collections, Reviews
Typically when I read a poetry collection that is more surreal in nature, I eventually reach some level of disappointment, simply for the reason that the collection lacks a form of balance between the concrete and the surreal. In Marni Ludwig’s collection,...
by McKenzie | Mar 7, 2013 | Reading
AFTER THE GIRL After the girl with the handful of mice and a tiny silver guillotine leaves, we lie down in the dark. You tell me last night you dreamed you wore a beard. The night before you drowned but did not sleep. On the screen behind us citizens of...
by McKenzie | Mar 3, 2013 | Blog, My Poems
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by McKenzie | Mar 3, 2013 | Blog, Literary Scene
Tonight, like every other night, I come to the same conclusion: The Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, and their Poets in Print series, never disappoint. This evening, beginning at 7pm, the KBAC introduced Tyler Mills and Brynn Saito, both with their first collections...
