Saxophonist and composer Marion Brown mapped the pastoral for avant-garde jazz. “Afternoon of a Georgia Faun,” the title piece of … More
Tag: William Lessard
“Cheers to the Weirdos!”: Jesi Bender Presents a Heavy Feather Review Favorites List for 2022
I’m a sucker for a year-end list. I love seeing what people enjoyed, adding to my TBR, and discovering new … More
“The Land of All Time”: William Lessard Interviews Clark Coolidge + Six Exclusive Poems
For six decades, Clark Coolidge has been presenting language awash in information, with jarring and frequently hilarious syntax. Although frequently … More
“Outside the door there is an animal writing my name in the blood of other animals”: William Lessard Interviews Adam Tedesco, Author of Mary Oliver
With the publication of Mary Oliver (Lithic Press, 2019), Adam Tedesco gives us a cycle of poems that places topics … More
Artist Spotlight: Four Visual Poems by Sarah J. Sloat
*Ed.’s Note: click images to view larger sizes. Sarah J. Sloat reminds us that even in our digital culture writing … More
“A Catalogue of Things That Follows from Looking”: William Lessard Interviews Julia Madsen, author of The Boneyard, The Birth Manual, A Burial: Investigations into the Heartland
Julia Madsen is a writer who thinks like a filmmaker, a filmmaker who thinks like a writer, and an artist … More
Two Pointed Objects, visual poems by William Lessard
*Ed.’s Note: click images to view larger sizes. Fig. 12: Diagram for High-Capacity Automatic Rifle Fig. 16: Remote Control William … More
“Flightpath to Eternity”: William Lessard Reviews Pamela Ryder’s Paradise Field
Pamela Ryder uses the instruments of fiction to dismantle received notions of grief and aging. With the death of her … More
Three Poems by William Lessard
<en passant> the hammer i raised to my father’s skullholds open the bathroom window history is sometimes the breezethat enters … More
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