MY LATEST REVIEW OF MORIA BOOKS' LOCOFO CHAP SERIES

For a good cause, I'll review for others besides Galatea Resurrects. Here's my review of Moria Books' locofo series for Glass: A Journal of Poetry--you can see it HERE, but here's an excerpt:

With hindsight, locofo chaps' success is not surprising. While its genius is partly based on a sufficient number of poets participating in the project, locofo chaps also contains strong conceptual underpinnings. A key is Allegrezza's plan (already underway) for the locofo chaps to be sent to the President himself. It was this facet of his plan that grabbed my attention when I first learned of the series, for it elevates the project beyond being only about publishing. Sending the chapbooks to the White House means that locofo chaps is de facto creating literature's own protest rally. Literature's own protest rally — that's ingenious. If the new President "does not read," to quote from a common charge tossed at him, then literature can be another constituent that protests at its erasure or marginalization, just like immigrants, refugees, transgenders, women, and others who have felt attacked by the administration. Thus, does literature protest. Thus, do (chap)books protest. Literature's own protest rally — that's ingenious. If the new President "does not read," to quote from a common charge tossed at him, then literature can be another constituent that protests at its erasure or marginalization, just like immigrants, refugees, transgenders, women, and others who have felt attacked by the administration. Thus, does literature protest. Thus, do (chap)books protest.

There's some overlap with what I said earlier in my Galatea Resurrects review, but with different featured authors and an update on one of locofo's results: the new press, Paloma Press! Individual resistance actions can have unexpected and wide-ranging effects. Never silence yourself!

Last but not least, CONGRATULATIONS and much respect to publisher William Allegrezza for having achieved what initially seemed improbable: 100 chaps in 100 days! Indeed, it looks like the total number of chaps will exceed a hundred ... such is the extent of this Resistance!