I’d always felt an alienation from the “art” world as well as the alienation from the forward thrust of civilization. … More
Tag: Peter Valente
“WE NEVER SEE ANYTHING CLEARLY”: Notes on John Ruskin’s MODERN PAINTERS by Peter Valente
It is autumn and there is a chill in the air. As I write, there are major exhibits of J.M.W … More
“Notes on Ann Lewinson’s STILL LIFE WITH MEREDITH” by Peter Valente
Ann Lewinson’s novella Still Life with Meredith is fantastically perverse, erudite, essayistic, and precise as a laser as it navigates … More
Peter Valente: “Notes on John Wieners’ ‘A Poem for Painters'” (SELECTED POEMS 1958-1984), written after reading Bill Berkson’s SUDDEN ADDRESS (Cuneiform Press, 2010)
In “A Poem for Painters,” John Wieners writes: Paul Klee scratched for seven yearson smoked glass, to develophis line, LaVigne … More
“In the Tearing Wind”: A Conversation with Edward Foster’s A LOOKING-GLASS FOR TRAYTORS by Peter Valente
Edward Foster, in his new book of poems A Looking-Glass for Traytors, explores the nature of desire and memory, risking … More
Peter Valente on Larry Fagin’s PEACHES & GRAVY: SELECTED POEMS 1966-2016, edited by Miles Champion (Cuneiform)
In free improvisation, one requires quick responses to shifting musical realities. Instinctive unity of mind, hand, mouth is required: out … More
Peter Valente Review: MEMORY, a Siglio Press book by Bernadette Mayer
1. Bernadette Mayer’s Memory contains around 1100 photographs, along with 31 poetic journal entries. Each day for the month of … More
Heavy Feather Review 