WhimsyLandPoetry, Technology, Cuisine, Politics, TessellationMiles Davis Tortures Them Back- April 29, 2008 That Dean Young seems to be everywhere at once, as Bob Hicok did a couple of years ago. His intelligent face, partially racooned by Polo shades, stares back at you with a Mona Lisa smile on the cover of APR. I am a little overdosed on DY, having re-read elegy on toy piano after making my way through Primitive Mentor. APR's "Special Supplement" is dedicated to eight of his poems, a couple of which I quite liked, such as "Lucifer": You can read...http://www.whimsyspeaks.com/2008/04/miles_davis_tortures_them_back.html The Universe Has Amnesia- April 27, 2008 Alongside the many poetry books, Sweet Junie also provided me with a small pile of popular science magazines last week. Here's the latest from NewScience and Seed: Ecoactivists are concerned with the overharvesting of freshwater snakes in Cambodia, a recent phenomenon resulting from the decline in fish that were the previous prey of the locals. The snakes are sold to alligator farms in Southeast Asia and are the community's only source of income. Russian..http://www.whimsyspeaks.com/2008/04/the_universe_has_amnesia.html Dean, Deluca- April 26, 2008 I always love reading the Acknowledgements at the end of Dean Young's books. The list can include Fence, APR, Gettysburg Review, Octopus, Paris Review, and Threepenny Review &8722; an assortment of publications that you would normally assume represented at least three different poets of competing poetic aesthetics. I don't think Primitive Mentor is my favorite Young book (that might be elegy on toy piano, but I haven't read his early books yet so I'm not sure). ...http://www.whimsyspeaks.com/2008/04/dean_deluca.html |