May 2008
New poems by Spencer Reece, Jane Hirshfield, Seth Abramson, Liz Waldner, Sandra M. Gilbert, Cathy Park Hong, and others; notebook by Eavan Boland; exchange between Cate Marvin and Joshua Mehigan; reviews by Carmine Starnino, A.E. Stallings, and more!


FEATURED POET
Photo (Op/tative) Synthesis
BY LIZ WALDNER

The general increase in green
accords in me
with a growing and specific gravity
about — it hopes —
to be undone like a bud.

American Perspectives:
Edward Hirsch
Thursday, May 15
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