May 17, 2009
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
Delivered, Persea Books, 2009.Sarah Gambito is the author of a previous collection, Matadora. She is co-founder of Kundiman, a non-profit organization that promotes Asian American poetry, and is Assistant Professor
May 5, 2009
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
Since this is Cinco de Mayo week at every Mexican and pseudo-Mexican restaurant in the city, it’s also the week I keep the blinders on. After all these years I
May 3, 2009
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
Cradle Song, C&R Press, 2009. Stacey Lynn Brown was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, and studied at Emory University, Oxford University, and The University of Oregon, where she received
April 18, 2009
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
Here’s an interesting article by a young writer, Caleb Das, who takes a practical approach to saving the literary magazine. This topic has been of much interest lately, especially as
April 15, 2009
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
I attended a forum recently in which MFA graduate students impressed upon the audience the importance of reading blogs as a way to stay in the loop and keep abreast
April 11, 2009
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
Breakfast with Thom Gunn, University of Chicago Press, 2009. Randall Mann is a writer and editor living in San Francisco. He is also the author of Complaint in the Garden,
April 6, 2009
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
The Heart’s Traffic, Arktoi Books/ Red Hen Press, 2009. Ching-In Chen is the daughter of Chinese immigrants and a Kundiman Fellow. She has been a community organizer in the Asian
March 30, 2009
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
The Date Fruit Elegies, Bilingual Press, 2009. John Olivares Espinoza’s first book is The Date Fruit Elegies, which inaugurated Bilingual Press’s new poetry series Canto Cosas in 2008. Espinoza has
January 8, 2009
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
Lit Windowpane, Main Street Rag, 2008. Suzanne Frischkorn is also the author of several chapbooks, most recently: American Flamingo (MiPOesias Press), Spring Tide (Aldrich Museum), and Red Paper Flower (Little
December 22, 2008
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
Revolver, University of Iowa Press, 2008. Robyn Schiff is the author of Worth (Iowa, 2002). She is an associate professor at the University of Iowa, where she is the director