Sunday, June 12, 2016

PAUL PINES ON THE FISHER KING!


Congratulations to Paul Pines who presents the last section of his Trolling with the Fisher King: In Search of the World Soul over at Numero Cinq -- you can see it HERE.

This is the fourth and final chapter of Paul's booklength essay on the Fisher King of legend. You can read the entire text in four sections on NC, the links are at the top of his final essay.


Thursday, June 2, 2016

SANDY MCINTOSH IN THE EAST HAMPTON STAR!


The East Hampton Star today presents a lovely write-up of Sandy McIntosh's latest book, A Hole in the Ocean: A Hamptons' Apprenticeship. You can go HERE for the article by Laura Wells, which begins
Stars-in-the-eyes young poet meets literary and art world icons in the Hamptons. And re-meets and reconsiders. And admires. And continues to honor and to create his own work. 
Sandy McIntosh graduated from Southampton College — then Long Island University — in 1970. And along the way to his degree he had a number of encounters with artists and writers. Driving on Springs-Fireplace Road he happened upon Willem de Kooning. Well, he didn’t exactly happen upon the artist. Mr. McIntosh was driving home after his job pumping gas when a bicyclist veered here and there then tumbled over. Mr. McIntosh stopped and ran over to see a rather dazed de Kooning lying in the grass. The artist asked for a ride home — his bicycle didn’t have a light.  
He was living in a farmhouse opposite the Green River Cemetery, he said, but this was only temporary, until they finished building his new studio. “I don’t want them to finish the damn thing,” he said with some bitterness. I asked why not. “Because when it’s finished, I think I will be finished, too.”

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

TANA JEAN WELCH'S LATEST VOLCANO REVIEWED BY RAIN TAXI!


Tana Jean Welch's Latest Volcano receives a stellar review by Greg Bem in RAIN TAXI!  You can go HERE for the entire review, which begins as follows:
In Latest Volcano, Tana Jean Welch reveals through poetry the gift and power of story. Each poem in this dense volume is lyrically defined by both narrative structure and holistic convergence of abstract and concrete. The presentation of characters, settings, and situations is as subtly beautiful as it is haunting, and leaves the reader inspired and in awe. These poems are gilt-lined, catching to the eye and the mind, and reminiscent of the broader circumstances found within everyday humanity.