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from Neil Aitken

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boxcar poetry review

have you checked out the latest installment of boxcar poetry review?

the poems!

the reviews!

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Jory M. Mickelson interviews Elizabeth J. Colen

Laurie Ann Guerrero interviews J. Michael Martinez

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boxcar

the latest installment of boxcar poetry review is up and running!

tomas q. morin interviews robin ekiss

traci brimhall & gary mcdowell talk about book sections & aubades.

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boxcar poetry review e-conversations

I think it’s true that my work is political. I’m not a historian—no head for dates—but historicity is important to me. Blame it on those Polish poets I read at the age when I was just beginning to fall in love with poetry.
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Grief isn't a wound to let heal over as we are often falsely comforted. It's a hook you need to unbend in order for it to completely pass through you.

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the new installment of boxcar poetry review is up and running.

check out the e-conversations between:

leslie harrison & jehanne dubrow

suzanne frischkorn & brent goodman

a thousand thanks to these poets!!

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boxcar interview: new zealand poet: sam sampson

The Australian poet John Kinsella made some interesting points when he coined the term “International regionalism” – how, in respecting the integrity of place, of a region, we are at the same time opening avenues for communication and discourse. That regional identity is enhanced and best preserved by being part of the global community. I believe, as I feel he does, that internationalism, and writing about place specifically, are not mutually exclusive, and major poetry that contains strong regional characteristics is also international in its influence. My interest has always been about a blending of the two.

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