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Language Acts in Jacket

Eyewear is proud to replicate, below, the latest Jacket magazine announcement (slightly edited), for its new issue. As you know, Jacket is usually thought of as the world's leading English-language online magazine dedicated to poets, poetry and poetics. And, among oher features (it is a very rich and expansive issue) is the one I co-edited with Jason Camlot, on contemporary Anglo-Quebec poets, including, among others, Leonard Cohen and Stephanie Bolster. Read on!

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Announcing Jacket 34 -- Late 2007 -- special stocking-stuffer issue!
Editor: John Tranter - Associate Editor: Pam Brown
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F E A T U R E : Contemporary Turkish Poetry
A selection of poems and essays drawn from Ā«Eda: An Anthology of Contemporary
Turkish PoetryĀ» edited by Murat Nemet-Nejat, published by Talisman House, New
Jersey, and available through Small Press Distribution. With thanks to Talisman
House.
F E A T U R E : Post-Marginal Positions: Women and the UK Experimental/
Avant-Garde Poetry Community, moderated by Catherine Wagner
F E A T U R E : 'Between revelation and persuasion': Eric Mottram and Robert
Duncan: A Compilation by Amy Evans and Shamoon Zamir
F E A T U R E : Lucas Klein: Ā«StĆØlesĀ» Volumes 1 and 2, by Victor Segalen
F E A T U R E : Ā«About NowĀ», by Joanne Kyger, Introduction by Linda Russo
For decades, Joanne Kyger has played a crucial role in California's poetry
scene. Her poetry has been influenced by her studies in Zen Buddhism and her
connection to the poets of Black Mountain, the San Francisco Renaissance, and
the Beat Generation. In this issue of Jacket:
=== Linda Russo's Introduction to the book,
=== Jane Falk provides a reader's response, and
=== Dale Smith looks at Kyger's developing poetics through her long career, and
=== Robert Adamson presents two poems written for Joanne Kyger.
=== Note: Jacket 11 contains a multi-voiced feature on Joanne Kyger edited by
Linda Russo:
F E A T U R E : Canadian Poetry: Language Acts: Anglo-QuƩbec Poetry, 1976 to
the 21st Century -- Editors: Jason Camlot & Todd Swift
=== Jason Camlot and Todd Swift: Introduction to Ā«Language Acts: Anglo-QuĆ©bec
Poetry, 1976 to the 21st CenturyĀ»
=== Robert Allen: Seven poems
=== Oana Avasilichioaei: from Ā«Gossip in the ValleyĀ»
=== Stephanie Bolster: Six poems
=== Asa Boxer: Four poems
=== Jason Camlot: The Debaucher
=== Angela Carr: Six Poems from the Rose Concordance
=== Leonard Cohen: Three poems
=== Mary di Michele: Four poems
=== Endre Farkas: Four poems
=== Raymond Filip: Three poems
=== Jon Paul Fiorentino: Five poems
=== artie gold: Five Jockey Poems
=== Michael Harris: Five poems
=== D.G. Jones: Six poems
=== Steve Luxton: Four poems
=== David McGimpsey: Four poems
=== Donald McGrath: Five poems
=== Stephen Morrissey: Three poems
=== ErĆ­n Moure: Map of Calgary
=== Robyn Sarah: Six poems
=== David Solway: Five poems
=== Carmine Starnino: Five poems
=== Andrew Steinmetz: Five poems
=== Nathalie Stephens: Four poems
=== Todd Swift: Four poems
=== Ruth Taylor: Five poems
=== Peter Van Toorn: Six poems
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I N T E R V I E W : From the Hither Side: Innovative Women Poets - Cynthia
Hogue and Elisabeth Frost in conversation with Jane Joritz-Nakagawa
I N T E R V I E W : Jackson Mac Low in conversation: Making Poetry Ā«OtherwiseĀ»,
28 January 2001
I N T E R V I E W : Thirteen Ways of Looking At A Vermont Poet: Bob Arnold in
conversation with Gerald Hausman
I N T E R V I E W : Shanxing Wang in conversation with Nathan Brown
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A R T I C L E : What's Really Going on in .Persicos Odi.? Art Beck on Horace.
A R T I C L E : Jeff Derksen: Ā«These Things Form Poems When I Allow ItĀ»: after
John Newlove
A R T I C L E : Laurie Duggan: On Gael Turnbull's Ā«Collected PoemsĀ», with a
digression on his aleatory, kinetic and other off-the-page practices
A R T I C L E : John Felstiner: Ā«It looks just like the CascadesĀ» - Gary
Snyder's Eye for the Real World
A R T I C L E : Thomas Fink: The Poetry of Questions
A R T I C L E : Noah Eli Gordon: Considering Chapbooks: A Brief History of the
Little Book
A R T I C L E : Noah Eli Gordon: Considering Chapbooks: Belladonna* books
A R T I C L E : Philip Metres Ā«d.a.levy & the mimeograph revolutionĀ», edited by
Larry Smith and Ingrid Swanberg
A R T I C L E : Jonathan Morse: The Startle Reflex: Some Episodes from the
Lives of Ezra Pound's Language
A R T I C L E : Jennifer Moxley: Rimbaud's Foolish Virgin, Wieners's Ā«Feminine
Soliloquy,Ā» and the Metaphorical Resistance of the Lyric Body
A R T I C L E : Sandeep Parmar: Mina Loy's 'Colossus' and the Myth of Arthur
Cravan
A R T I C L E : Brian M. Reed: 'Lost Already Walking': Caroline Bergvall's
Ā«ViaĀ»
A R T I C L E : Anthony Stephens: Reflecting tragedy: Nietzsche, Lacan,
Narcissus
A R T I C L E : John Temple: Haven of the Heart: The Poetry of John Wieners
A R T I C L E : John Emil Vincent: Escaping the future: John Ashbery's Ā«Girls
on the runĀ»
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R E V I E W S :
Language Poetry by the Bay: James Sherry: Ā«The Grand PianoĀ» Project:
...an ongoing experiment in collective autobiography by ten writers identified
with Language poetry in San Francisco. It takes its name from a coffeehouse at
1607 Haight Street, where from 1976-79 the authors took part in a reading and
performance series. The writing project, begun in 1998, was undertaken as an
online collaboration, first via an interactive web site and later through a
listserv.
=== Ā«The Grand PianoĀ» Part 3 reviewed
Earlier reviews of the project:
=== Ā«The Grand PianoĀ» Part 1 - in Jacket 32
=== Ā«The Grand PianoĀ» Part 2 - in Jacket 32
=== Li Yun Alvarado: Ā«How Long She'll Last in This WorldĀ», by MarĆ­a MelĆ©ndez
=== Cristiana Baik: Ā«DICTEEĀ» by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
=== Douglas Barbour: Ā«The Goldfinches of BaghdadĀ» by Robert Adamson
=== Christopher Barnes: Ā«Lemon SharkĀ» by Luke Beesley
=== Ben Lyle Bedard: Ā«REALĀ» by Stephen Ratcliffe
=== Joel Bettridge: Ā«Mirrors for GoldĀ», by Roberto Tejada
=== Lisa Bower: Ā«Erosion's PullĀ», by Maureen Owen
=== Lisa Bower: Ā«Letter from the LawnĀ» by Bobbi Lurie
=== Joseph Bradshaw: Ā«Inbox: (A Reverse Memoir) Ā», Noah Eli Gordon
=== Norene Cashen: Ā«CleavageĀ» by Chris Tysh
=== Matthew Cooperman: Ā«A Fiddle Pulled from the Throat of a SparrowĀ», by Noah
Eli Gordon
=== Eugenia Demuro: Ā«Stet.Ā» by JosĆ© Kozer. Trans. Mark Weiss.
=== Mark Dickinson: Ā«The Moon Sees the OneĀ» by Candice Ward
=== Alexander Dickow: Ā«I'm The Man Who Loves YouĀ», by Amy King
=== Sarah Dowling: Ā«The Material of Poetry: Sketches for a Philosophical
PoeticsĀ», by Gerald Bruns.
=== Michael Duszat: Ā«An Elemental ThingĀ», by Eliot Weinberger
=== Curtis Faville: Aram Saroyan: Ā«Complete Minimalist PoemsĀ», and Robert
Grenier: Ā«100 Sentences / 100 PhrasesĀ». Translated from English into French by
Martin Richet with the Author.
=== Forrest Gander: Ā«A Worldly CountryĀ» by John Ashbery
=== Alan Gilbert: Ā«How to Read a PoemĀ» by Terry Eagleton
=== Daniel Godston: Ā«Blue LashĀ» by James Armstrong
=== Daniel Godston: Ā«Fulcrum: an annual of poetry and aestheticsĀ» Number 5,
2006 (edited by Philip Nikolayev and Katia Kapovich)
=== Piotr Gwiazda: Professing Poetry: a review of Ā«Poetry and Pedagogy: The
challenge of the contemporaryĀ», edited by Joan Retallack and Juliana Spahr
=== Tom Hibbard: Ā«Infinity SubsectionsĀ» by Mark DuCharme
=== Julia Istomina: Ā«Rise UpĀ», by Matthew Rohrer
=== Tim Keane: Ā«The Poems of Catullus: A Bilingual EditionĀ», translated with
commentary by Peter Green
=== Astrid Lorange: Ā«The Material PoemĀ» edited by James Stuart
=== Nicole Mauro: Ā«Cornstarch FigurineĀ» by Elizabeth Treadwell
=== Carol Middleton: Ā«About Writing, Seven Essays, Four Letters and Five
InterviewsĀ», by Samuel R Delany
=== Micaela Morrissette: Ā«The Open CurtainĀ», by Brian Evenson
=== Micaela Morrissette: Ā«Bornholm Night-FerryĀ», by Aidan Higgins
=== Micaela Morrissette: Ā«The ExquisiteĀ», by Laird Hunt
=== Micaela Morrissette: Ā«North & SouthĀ», by Martha King
=== Richard Owens: Ā«Black Diamond Golden Boy Takes Bull By HornsĀ» by Geoffrey
Gatza
=== Craig Santos Perez: Ā«Puerta Del SolĀ» by Francisco AragĆ³n
=== Peter Robinson: Ā«The Collected Poems of Ted BerriganĀ» edited by Alice
Notley with Anselm Berrigan and Edmund Berrigan, Introduction and Notes by
Alice Notley
=== Larissa Shmailo: Ā«Letters from AldenderryĀ», by Philip Nikolayev
=== James Stuart: Ā«MediatedĀ», by Carol Mirakove, and Ā«The Arts of Islam:
Treasures from the Nasser D Khalili CollectionĀ»
P O E M S:
=== Robert Adamson: Two poems (for Joanne Kyger)
=== Louis Armand: Six Parts for a Requiem
=== Jen Crawford: sixteen
=== Laurie Duggan: Two poems from 'The skies over Thanet'
=== Joel Deane: Tuk-tuk
=== Jesse Glass: Two poems
=== Scott Glassman and Sheila E. Murphy: from Ā«Section 2Ā»
=== Philip Hammial: Two poems
=== Ella Holcombe : The magazine
=== Vincent Katz: Three poems
=== Poems by Ko Un, translated from Korean by Brother Anthony of TaizƩ,
Young-moo Kim, and Gary Gach
=== Katy Lederer: In the Hole
=== Philip Metres: The Old Haunts: A Guided Tour
=== Carol Mirakove: Five poems
=== Aryanil Mukherjee: Two Poems
=== John Newlove: Three poems
=== Benjamin Paloff: Four poems
=== Toma. .alamun: Two poems, trans. Brian Henry
=== Peter Dale Scott: Five poems
=== Spencer Selby: Text From My Visual Book
=== Elizabeth Smither: Practising scales
=== Grzegorz WrĆ³blewski: Two poems: Migraine; Jesse Owens and Luz Long

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