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The New Era of La Petite Zine   Editor Melissa Broder SHIPPY to come to life, KNOX to do impressions of animals, ATKINS to ensure the sky, IVES to forget the eggs, WILCOX to touch me, and much more. Welcome Melissa Broder, fourth in a short line of great LPZ editors.

The Perihelion Down Under Issue ... Yehhh Mite!   Editor John Anderson John Anderson puts together some of the strongest Australian poetry ever, for example, Bird, lemons; Bird, turning; Bird, magic; Bird, fish; The Semiologist Meets a Psychic for a Reading, and much more!

WDS Review of Books  Kaminsky, Myhr, and Jones Once again, the leadership of Ilya puts together a great in-depth review. Use the backspace button when in doubt! ...

Writer Friendships  Editor Robert Sward Poet Robert Sward publishes essays on writer friendships and loathings -- unique from WDS ...

Henry Israeli Wins DSP Poetry Prize   Editor Michael Neff Henry Israeli was chosen for first place in the Del Sol Press Poetry Prize for 2009. "After fits and false starts, Henry's ms shone forth," says Michael Neff, DSP editor. "We're going to love promoting Henry and his work."

Annie Weatherwax Wins ROB Prize   Editor Michael Neff Annie Weatherwax was chosen by Robert Olen Butler for first place in the Del Sol Press Robert Olen Butler Fiction Prize for her story, "The Possibility of Things" ... Annie will receive her $1200 prize and lasting fame!

In Posse Too Sexy For Its Server   Editor Tatyana "Presh" Mishel Duff Axsom's "Carrots of Guilt", Adoration of the Argot, Riff on a Haibun, According to Nixon's Advisor, A Bookcase Mauled a Corner in an Otherwise Peaceful Life, Fifty Gypsies Come With Care Instructions, and more ...

Mudlark Poetry  Editor Bill Slaughter Never in, never out of print, Bill once again creates a loving lit buffet from some of the best work around ...

The Corpse is Back  Editor Andrei Codrescu Twittering the Dead, New Orleans Man After Drinking Bottled Water, Recommended Books & Mags ...

5 Trope - New Issue  Editor Gunnar B. The "Wealth of Nations" issue, 5t 25, can you believe the glut of magnetism and whatever? ...

La Petite Zine  Editors Jeff + Danielle The farewell Jeff and Danielle issue ... the angst and tragedy of the final poems ... God! ...

Writer/Poet Chaps  Editor Walt Cummins Not Carol Channing, but much better: lots of new poet and writer chaps, and all thanks to Walt C + staff ...

Jazz and Sol  Editor Jazz Monk Jacob Anderskov & Airto Moreira, Dreams Are Meant For Two, PJ Parker, Bipolar Balance, Sarah DeLeo ...

The Mag Blogger  Editor Kristian Markus Peruse TMB for the first truly in-depth and critical reviews of new lit—on the web or on the street ...

Portal del Sol  Editor Chloe Miller PDS establishes itself as the primary "go to" for an honest review of the literary web - and we're all jiggy! ...

Read and feel wise, and spanked: A Poem for Nancy Pelosi, Oprah and Bezos, More Inconvenient Truth, Darfur 1: The Boy, Home is The Temple of The Dole, First Death, Sexy Quictions, Barely Harvest, Stars and Firecrackers, The Inflation Rate of Tyranny, Pissaro's Pontoise Post-Op, W is For War, Waverly Farmers' Market, and much ... more

Coming of age in the warhol-inspired, electric-kool-aid-acid-test, krapp's last tape, happenings, conceptual/ performance/installation art, open/visual/concrete poetry era, the discussion of "conceptual poetry" taking place on the poetry foundation blog in Kenneth Goldsmith's entries, seems very familiar, even retro, to me, but I know I must be careful not to conflate what happened then with what's happening now, however similar they may seem (how aggravating it is to hear "oh, that's nothing new"!). And besides, so what if the concept of "conceptual poetry" is not new? Maybe it's time to revisit it and enjoy it again ... more

Writer Friendships  Editor Robert Sward Poet Robert Sward publishes essays on writer friendships and loathings -- unique from WDS ...

Barcelona Review  Editor Jill Adams From Barcelona, with love. For many years, BR toiled in the shadows of the prints, but no longer ...

Greg Orr's early surrealist verse finds its deepest source in a biographical fact: while both were still boys, Orr shot and killed one of his brothers in a hunting accident. Orr reached the apogee of this record in "Gathering the Bones Together," the title poem of his second volume, a short sequence blending elegy with nightmare and hope to create, perhaps, the poet's "bridge" out of the past. Like Orr, but far more prominent (as well as half a generation older), Mark Strand built his reputation with user-friendly dreams and nightmares more eager to invite than repulse the reader ... more

The fact that conservatives are less than thrilled with a candidate such as John McCain is one result of the Reagan Revolution, a fundamental transformation of American politics. As with all revolutions this one comes with a heroic narrative crediting Ronald Reagan with winning the Cold War, cutting taxes, rebuilding the economy, restoring American’s confidence, and lifting this nation from the malaise of the Carter years to its rightful place in the world. Reagan is so revered that few are willing to question his legacy. But there is no better time to revisit the history of Ronald Reagan than the beginning of the 21st century, as we begin to suffer the full consequences of his policies and the revolution that bears his name ... more