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