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Sally Ball reads from her second poetry collection, Wreck Me, published in April by Barrow Street Press.
No Threat, Nuthatch
Tiny presence in the pines,
hold still. Upside down—
right side up—flock of nerves
and fretful hunger. Hold still.
Sohpie Cabot Black reads three poems from her third poetry collection, The Exchange, published in May by Graywolf Press.
Afterlife
I could only close my eyes on the blue
Shirtsleeve of leaving and understand
I was to make my own sentence. No voice
Tim Z. Hernandez reads the poems “Home” and “Brown Christ” from his collection, Natural Takeover of Small Things, published in February by the University of Arizona Press.
Home
Poetry for Patients and Their Families
by Beth Cranwell Aplin
March/April 2013
The New Jersey-based publisher CavanKerry Press is helping patients and families awaiting medical attention with The Waiting Room Reader, an anthology of poetry and prose distributed for free to hospitals in select states across the country.
Jonathan Ames to Adapt Bernard Malamud Stories, Reasons Poetry is Far From Dead, and More
by Evan Smith Rakoff
Stephen King has released a Kindle Single; Robert Polito has been named the Poetry Foundation’s new president; Jonathan Ames and actor Jason Schwartzman are working on a film adaptation of Bernard Malamud's Pictures of Fidelman; and other news.
George Saunders Profile, Most Anticipated Books of 2013, and More
by Evan Smith Rakoff
Independent bookstores may now sell Kobo tablets; Joel Lovell profiles master storyteller George Saunders in this weekend's New York Times Magazine; H. P. Lovecraft's advice to young writers; and other news.
Poet Patricia Kirkpatrick reads three poems from her collection, Odessa, published in December 2012 by Milkweed Editions.
Near Odessa
Near the end of summer.
Wheatfield with lark. With swift,
longspur, and sparrow. I see the birds
opening tails and wings
above grasses
and hidden nests.
Soybeans with bells, yellowing, green
tassels of corn, geese
again and again.
I see the birds
but wind takes all the sound.
Small towns are reduced to chains or storefronts,
Poet Lisa Russ Spaar reads "St. Protagonist," the opening poem from her collection Vanitas, Rough, published in December by Persea Books.
St. Protagonist
It's bedtime. Tell me a story
as the leaves fly
again, even as we love them
& cannot see them.
Espouser, hero, night errant—
whose wont is to belaud,
chant, cheer, adore
what is before you:
teach me that. The part
in the lady's long dark hair.
Small Press Points
by Staff
January/February 2013
Small Press Points highlights the innovation and can-do spirit of independent presses. This issue features Argos Books, the Brooklyn, New York–based publisher that sees bookmaking as a community endeavor.