April 2016
The “April 2016” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on April 6, 2016.
Critics Page
Looking Into the Darkness of One's Time
– By Anne WaldmanRhizome of Poets
– By Alystyre JulianAfter Rilke
– By Bernadette MayerA Winsome Pinnock
– By Lisa JarnotNotebook, 1981
– By Eileen Mylesas if your life depends on it
– By Evie ShockleyHow We Cause the Universe to Exist
– By Alice NotleyHolland Tunnel
– By Emily SkillingsCorpses, Arts and Dreams Of
An Excerpt– By Poupeh MissaghiLa Peira | (The Stone)
–LOST AND FOUND
Excerpts from Murderers Criminals Join Sunlight– By Kathy AckerLOST AND FOUND
Dharma Committee Rules– By Joanne KygerLOST AND FOUND
Barcelona, 19361– By Muriel RukeyserLOST AND FOUND
I. The Boat is Tethered to the Floor– By Helene JohnsonSong for the Deadbeat
– By Laura HintonLand Art
– By Jennifer FoersterExcerpt from "Contes d'une tête tranchée" in Blessures au vent
–Ugly Duckling Presse
UGLY DUCKLING PRESSE
Stop– By Jennifer NelsonUGLY DUCKLING PRESSE
i. Preface, Part I of Love, Delight, and Alarm– By Karen WeiserUGLY DUCKLING PRESSE with Anne Waldman
DAVID HINTON
Premonition of Barrel Bombs (Syria)
– By Sterrett SmithGood Stock
– By Dawn Lundy MartinDAWN LUNDY MARTIN with Anne Waldman
Infrastructure Poetics
STACY SZYMASZEK with Anne WaldmanExcerpt from A Year from Today
– By Stacy SzymaszekFriday March 25 at 4 pm
– By Etel AdnanOracle, or, Utopia
– By Eleni SikelianosDixie Don't Shoot
– By Kristin PrevalletNEW YORK STREETS: 2013 - 2015
Cement Resistance, Fume through a Vacuum– By No LandDrawings from Markets in (New) Delhi
– By Miriam GrossTo Err on the Side of Peace
– By Allison Adelle Hedge CokeDead Horse Watch
– By Allison Adelle Hedge CokeALLISON ADELLE HEDGE COKE with Anne Waldman
Shall We Cut The Cake
– By Anne CarsonVIVIEN BITTENCOURT with Vincent Katz
ALEXIS MYRE Power of Limits
– By Amy MattererALEXIS MYRE with Anne Waldman
Use Alternate Route
– By Alan GilbertHOMAGES TO LEROI JONES
Excerpt from Diary– By Kathy AckerHOMAGE TO LEROI JONES
Dream– By Joanne KygerHOMAGE TO LEROI JONES
[John Wieners to Joanne Kyger]HOMAGE TO LEROI JONES
Poem from John W. [to Joanne Kyger]
September, 1972– By John WienersHOMAGE TO LEROI JONES
For O.B.– By Muriel RukeyserRachida Madani
THOMAS SAYERS ELLIS with Anne Waldman
(January 2016)Diaries of an Artist
The Art and Writing of Rosemary Mayer– By Marie Warsh and Gillian SneedChampion Flowers
– By Emily Skillings