Ben Mirov
Ben Mirov grew up in Northern California. He is the author of Ghost Machine (Caketrain, 2010), and the chapbooks, Vortexts (SUPERMACHINE, 2011), I is to Vorticism (New Michigan Press, 2010) and Collected Ghost (H_NGM_N, 2010).
Ben Mirov—
Listening to this Ben Lerner interview from Minnesota Public Radio is similar to attaining an MFA in Poetry.
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When I Was a Poet
By David Meltzer
City Lights Publishers, 2011
144 pages, $10.95
[Reviewer’s Note: I received a review copy of David Meltzer’s When I Was a Poet directly from City Lights Publishers last summer. While reading the book on a quick trip for a family-related emergency of sorts, I began to fill a small notebook with short bursts of a fast-clipped poem-series. This poetic assemblage mixing David’s lines between my own responses generated the gist of what became the official book review (see below)—the poem-series itself follows. I had the honor of reading this poem in David’s presence as part of a group reading celebration for When I Was a Poet @ the Meridian gallery here in San Francisco hosted by SF State Poetry Center on Sept 1, 2011. It’s a pleasure to see both versions find a home on HTMLGIANT thanks to Ben Mirov. Rock on. -pjd]
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March 28th, 2012 / 3:26 pm
March 28th, 2012 / 3:26 pm
DARK MATTER #2
Dark Matter is a publication made up of poems and songs from other places on the internet.
#THINGSIDIDNTTWEETATAWP
These are things I didn’t tweet while walking around AWP like a zombie (typos included):
DARK MATTER #1
Dark Matter is a magazine I made up last night. It’s composed of poems from other publications on the internet and some songs. Some of the poems are newer and some are older. They come from publications that I enjoy reading. The songs are songs I like and can be listened to with the poems, or by themselves.
Ben & Amy Read Chapbooks: Photo Review Edition
Here are some chapbooks that Amy Lawless and I read recently and want to share with you.
effie by Will Edmiston (Three Sad Tigers Press, 2011)
Construction: Elegant letterpress of a cheerleader in midair after being thrown up by her teammates (from a series called Fan Death by Kristina Williamson). Thick cream card stock cover. The poems themselves are printed in whatever font a typewriter is.
Sample Poem:
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January 20th, 2012 / 7:23 pm
January 20th, 2012 / 7:23 pm