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I first met  Amy Lawless in 2005. She had recently moved to New York City from Boston and I from Portland. We were both entering the MFA program at The New School. It was exciting and terrifying in all the best ways. Post-graduation we eventually found ourselves living in the same Brooklyn neighborhood. There were brunches, late nights, and a seemingly endless amount of readings all over the city. Amy now lives in the East Village and I in Miami. Time passes; things change. Earlier this year, Amy’s second collection …

 Out in the World: Rae Armantrout

Interview by John Deming

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Rae Armantrout’s new book, Just Saying, was released in February. I interviewed her at the AWP Conference in Boston in March; the following has been transcribed and edited. There is a review of Just Saying here.

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Your poems are both fragmented and lyrical. How conscious are you of musical phrases in your writing, and how are …

Poems in the Public Square: Jen Benka

Interview by John Deming

Jen Benka opens her latest poetry book, Pinko, with these lines: “push the needle of the pen burning sensation / then pour grief in // there are many kinds of loss.” The lines underscore a theme that has coursed through Benka’s entire professional career: that language can be transformative. The former Managing Director of Poets & Writers, she was named Executive Director of …

Interview by Nick Sturm

S.E. Smith is the author of I Live in a Hut, selected by Matthea Harvey as the winner of the 2011 Cleveland State University Poetry Center First Book Prize. Co-founder of Line Assembly, and co-editor, with Adam Atkinson, of OH NO Books, she is a graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at UT Austin and is currently at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. I Live in a Hut was included in Coldfront’s Top 40

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 Many Worlds

Interview by John Deming

I interviewed Paul Muldoon at The Wheeltapper Pub in midtown Manhattan in January, 2013. We discussed his new book, The Word on the Street: Rock Lyrics, out today from Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Paul’s book is a book of song lyrics that were written, for the most part, before they had music to accompany them. Many of them are performed by …

Coldfront Magazine is pleased to bring you this two part interview with Becca Klaver conducted by Eva Heisler. In part one, Heisler explores Klaver’s relationship with LA and its influence on her book LA Liminal. In part two, Klaver will talk about the work she has done as an editor.  Enjoy.

Note: Since this interview was first conducted, I’ve stepped down from my editing role at Switchback, but only to shine a light on women’s poetry by other means: I’m writing a PhD dissertation on experimental women’s poetry, feminism, …

Coldfront Magazine is pleased to bring you this two part interview with Becca Klaver conducted by Eva Heisler. In part one, Heisler explores Klaver’s relationship with LA and its influence on her book LA Liminal. In part two, Klaver will talk about the work she has done as an editor.  Enjoy.

Becca Klaver on LA and Real Magic

EH:  LA Liminal, published in spring of 2010 by Kore Press, is a playful, energetic series of poems that recollects a period of time you spent in LA.  The book is also …

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top 40 poetry books of 2012

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[40 - 31] — 1/7/13

[30 - 21] — 1/14/13

[20 - 11] — 1/21/13

[10 - 1] — 1/28/13

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10. Your Invitation to a Modest Breakfast, Hannah Gamble

Fence Books

“Listen. Come over: the cold has already eaten /

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top 40 poetry books of 2012

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[40 - 31] — 1/7/13

[30 - 21] — 1/14/13

[20 - 11] — 1/21/13

[10 - 1] — 1/28/13

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20. Thunderbird, Dorothea Lasky

Wave Books

“It is feeling out you out there/ It is feeling out oblivion”

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top 40 poetry books of 2012

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[40 - 31] — 1/7/13

[30 - 21] — 1/14/13

[20 - 11] — 1/21/13

[10 - 1] — 1/28/13

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[30 - 21]

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30. The Fact of the Matter, Sally Keith

Milkweed Edtions

“Salt was exploding all over the sea.”

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