JULY AT GALATEA RESURRECTS!

Delighted to announce the final July edition of Galatea Resurrects. You can see it HERE, though here's Contents below for convenience:

JULY
SANS by G.L. Ford
Reviewed by Katie Hibner (7/31)

What It Is Like: New and Selected Poems by Charles North
Reviewed by Neil Leadbeater (7/30)

THE CRITIC WRITES POEMS: Sheri Reda
(7/29)

Dear Almost by Matthew Thorburn
Engaged by Eileen Tabios (7/28)

Ekstasis with photographs by Peter Valente and poetry by Kevin Killian
Engaged by Eileen Tabios (7/27)

THE HEART'S TRAFFIC: A Novel in Poems by Ching-In Chen
Reviewed by Kyle Henrichs (7/26)

Days and Works by Rachel Blau DuPlessis
Engaged by Eileen Tabios (7/25)

Dead Ringer by Charles Borkhuis and AMINA BARAKA & THE RED MICROPHONE by Amina Baraka & the Red Microphone
Reviewed by Steve Dalachinsky (7/24)

RAYFISH by Mary Hickman
Engaged by Eileen Tabios (7/23)

GARLIC HAY(NA)KU: "SHORT & STRONG"!

Contest Results from the Festival de l'Ail de Ste-Anne Garlic Festival

Engaged by Eileen Tabios (7/8)

FACE-POEMS by Aaron Flores
Engaged by Márton Koppány (7/7)

If We Were Birds by Janine Harrison

Reviewed by M. Earl Smith (7/6)

ALPHABET NOIR by Nico Vassilakis
Engaged by Jim Leftwich (7/5)

Small Ceremonies by Cynthia Snow
Engaged by Eileen Tabios (7/4)

FRAGMENTS: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters by Marilyn Monroe

Engaged by Jim McCrary (7/3)

the gag reel by Tom Bamford Blake

Reviewed by M. Earl Smith (7/2)

Here Comes the Sun: A Journey to Adoption in 8 Chakras by Leza Lowitz

Engaged by Eileen Tabios (7/1)

*****

One of my reviews noted above is of Dear Almost by Matthew Thorburn. If you scroll down the review, you'll see another poem from "The Ashbery Riff-Offs" which partly was inspired by Matthew's book: "Witnessed in the Convex Mirror: No(t) Words." Working with a John Ashbery poem is a perpetual birthday celebration, as it should be for this poet who just turned 90!  

SIX RIFFS OFF OF ASHBERY

SIX! (No, I did not first type SEX to my dismay.) SIX poems from "The Ashbery Riff-Offs" in the new, ever-dazzling issue of OTOLITHS!  You're invited to

"Witnessed in the Convex Mirror:
     The Impoverished Gaze
     History
     Lordy
     Ass-ette
     Top Secret Clearance
     The Grand Rider"

The poems' have a bit of jazz, a bit of Latin, a bit of that jerk-nitwit who killed an elephant and posed with its tail, a bit of Wall Street, some pineapples, even a bit of John Bloomberg-Rissman's dental history -- such be the resonance of John Ashbery's poetry!

Btw, I like Meghan O'Rourke's article on reading Ashbery at SLATE --

CALL FOR EKPHRASIS WRITINGS!

I’m pleased to announce that the next new poet to participate in the FilAm Artist Directory’s ekphrasis project will receive a copy of the Filipino American Artist Directory 1 (in addition of course to ekphrasis poetry books by Moi). I’m always looking for (both Filipino and non-Filipino) creative writers (not just poetry but also fiction and other prose) to participate in the Directory’s Ekphrasis Project – the Call for Participation (including examples) is HERE.

Poets who've previously participated also should feel free to send more poems.

MARAWI: AN ANTI-WAR FUNDRAISER

MARAWI, a recent poetry publication co-authored, with Albert Alejo, was put out as a fundraiser for relief efforts in Marawi where nearly 400,000 people have been displaced from the battle that started on May 23, 2017 between Philippine government security forces and affiliated militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, including the Maute and Abu Sayyaf Salafi jihadist groups.[Wiki] Proceeds from MARAWI--and you can participate/contribute for a mere $5.00--will be dedicated to Laoanen's efforts to help the evacuees. Click on links for more information.

Relatedly, here’s an update on moi Recently Bought Poetry List of books by poets or about poets/poetry.

MARAWI by Eileen Tabios & Albert E. Alejo 

CRUSHED by Trinidad Escobar

ON LOST SHEEP by Shiro Murano, Trans. by Goro Takano

FORGET IT by Anastacia Renee

GO WITH ME by Jared Hayes

ANYJAR by Jaimie Gusman

STEP BELOW: SELECTED POEMS 2000-2015 by William Allegrezza

UNPROTECTED TEXTS: SELECTED POEMS (1978-2006) by Tom Beckett

YOU THEN A DANG by Hoa Nguyen

NEAR: A LUMINESCENCE by Melissa Buzzeo

EPHEMERA & ATMOSPHERES by Cheena Marie Lo

THE LAST LYRIC by Yu Xinqiao, Trans. by Yunte Huang

LITTLE ANODYNES by Jon Pineda

FRAMEWORK by Andrew Topel

DEGRETS by Anselm Berrigan

DICTIONAR INTERCULTURAL AL REVISTEI / AN INTERCULTURAL DICTIONARY of Contemporary Literary Horizon, Edited by Daniel Dragomirescu

147 MILLION ORPHANS (MMXI-MML) by Eileen R. Tabios

AMNESIA: SOMEBODY’S MEMOIR by Eileen R. Tabios

SILK EGGS: COLLECTED NOVELS by Eileen R. Tabios

#EileenWritesNovel (Otoliths Issue 44, Part 3) by Eileen R. Tabios, editor Mark Young

RAGE AGAINST THE DYING LIGHT

And another poem is published from "The Ashbery Riff-offs"--

"Witnessed in the Convex Mirror: Raging Against the Dying Light"

over at Indolent Books' ROUGH BEAST series.

And I'll be looking forward to reading the new biography of Ashbery's early years, The Songs We Know Best by Karin Roffman.

FOR MARAWI RELIEF EFFORTS

Got copies today of my and Albert Alejo's and Paloma Press' fundraiser for relief efforts in Marawi where about 253,000 folks have been displaced by armed conflicts in the regions. MARAWI is also a bilingual (Filipino and English) chapbook, and some of you may have a use for that. My poem in it is also (cough) accessible and some of you may be relieved by that. All for $5.00. Here's link TO ORDER -- and notice a different cover from the first edition. All niftily done by Paloma's nonprofit arm, the charmingly titled Mi-Go Zine!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JOHN ASHBERY AND HAPPY BOOK TO ME!

Woot! I just received my first offer for a chapbook or book for/from my series "The Ashbery Riff-Offs"! More details later, but, meanwhile ...

... a grouping I particularly like is up at the just-released June/July issue of DISPATCHES! They are:

Witnessed in the Convex Mirror: Civilization and Inheritance 

Witnessed in the Convex Mirror: Sun Rises Over Battle 

Witnessed in the Convex Mirror: Though She Should Have Known Better Than to Play An Asian Superpower, This Poem is for Scarlet Johannsen 

Witnessed in the Convex Mirror: Reflected Noise 

Witnessed in the Convex Mirror: The Absent Flowers

If you like these poems, you're bound to like an entire book of them!

Gratitude again to John Ashbery for his compelling work.  RAIN TAXI will be celebrating his 90th birthday HERE.  Happy Birthday, indeed!