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Vendanges

A tall building in the fifteenth arrondissement faded away slowly and then completely vanished. Toward November the weather grew very bitter. No one knew why or even noticed. I forgot to tell you your hat looked perky. A new way of falling asleep has been discovered. Senior citizens snoop around to impose that sleep. You […]

A Dialogue through the Reconstruction of Missing Voice: Steven Alvarez in conversation with Edgar Garcia

Steven Alvarez, Edgar Garcia

Edgar Garcia: We’re going to start now, and one of the reasons why I thought the audio recording would be interesting was because I think it makes the job easier for both of us, as it’s more casual, laid-back, straightforward—just like we’re having a conversation. But also, on a more metapoetic, self-theorizing level, your book […]

Notes of a Cowry Girl

Don Mee Choi

1. I am a cowry girl, a marine biologist to be exact. In 1930, Queensland, the shells were found. White, so pale, no pattern, one shell. White but markings. One shell. Overlaid by three shells. Normal. One shell. Other shells were unspotted. Color photographs were taken by Mr. Goadby. They showed no difference. All were […]

Notebook

Meena Alexander (1951-2018)

I. Preserved in the torn pages Of a notebook (double leaved) The houses start up. Everything is emptied out. Prickly pear, race around it Ravaged—blunt Dashes of red Men and women mingle: A cactus bud A bomb, a house, a haven Horsemen, an unbegotten Species, a desolation. II. On the facing page A giant bird, […]

Recit: Previously Unpublished Works by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha

Lawrence Rinder, Juliana Chang, Juliana Spahr, Walter K. Lew

Lawrence Rinder Most people who know of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha know only her remarkable book, DICTEE, published in 1982 by Tanam Press. This marvelously unique work—which combines poetry, calligraphy and other manuscripts, found texts, diagrams, and photographs— has become a staple of many university literature and postcolonial studies courses. It is one of those […]

Defensive Driving

Giovanni Singleton

1. at night high beams scan the unseeable distance an untitled landscape black is not a shade but rather an impression oil on canvas 2. scratch and sniff lawns on southern streets where one sips lemonade or iced tea before hosing down weeds in the way of light. still life with 3. jars marked and […]