Quill and Quire

Poetry

Cinema of the Present

By Lisa Robertson

Ken Babstock and Lisa Robertson use experimental forms to navigate contemporary experiences of globalization and the surveillance state, writes Jason Wiens Numerous writers have undertaken the project of “cognitive mapping” since the Marxist critic Fredric ... Read More »

November 6, 2014 | Filed under: Poetry

On Malice

By Ken Babstock

Ken Babstock and Lisa Robertson use experimental forms to navigate contemporary experiences of globalization and the surveillance state, writes Jason Wiens Numerous writers have undertaken the project of “cognitive mapping” since the Marxist critic Fredric ... Read More »

November 6, 2014 | Filed under: Poetry

★ The Scarborough

By Michael Lista

Right from the devastating cover image, Michael Lista’s second collection is rife with craft and cultural implication. A VCR tape masks a grinning skull with a sickly smile that evokes Shakespeare’s Mercutio: “Ask for me ... Read More »

September 5, 2014 | Filed under: Poetry

Pluck

By Laisha Rosnau

There is a serious problem with how we write obituaries for great women. When rocket scientist Yvonne Brill passed away in 2013, The New York Times praised her beef stroganoff, child-rearing abilities, and spousal loyalty ... Read More »

August 27, 2014 | Filed under: Poetry

Summertime Swamp Love

By Patricia Young

Patricia Young, author of 12 previous books of poetry, has embarked on a peculiar mission in her latest volume: getting inside the psyches of animals with deviant (by human standards) sexual practices. Summertime Swamp Love ... Read More »

June 26, 2014 | Filed under: Poetry

THOU

By Aisha Sasha John

To be a corporeal creature is an incredibly lonely thing. Every bit of muscle and bone represents a distance that keeps us from each other, every aspect of our physical form is a kind of ... Read More »

June 25, 2014 | Filed under: Poetry