March 2012
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February 2012
8 posts
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52.6 :: 'i love music' by stephen tully dierks &...
‘i love music’ by stephen tully dierks & steve roggenbuck // self-released, 2011
52.6
i am reviewing this on the eve of steve roggenbuck’s new chapbook, “crunk juice.”
not sure when i ‘first’ heard of stephen tully dierks or steve roggenbuck.
seems like they’ve ‘revolved’ around one another.
seems like stephen tully dierks is...
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83.1 :: 'morocco' by kendra grant malone & matthew...
‘morocco’ by kendra grant malone & matthew savoca // dark sky books
83.1
feels like this book is important.
lot of pages here. like over 100.
full of alt-lit poems. feels like an alt-lit poem sanctuary. like an alt-lit poem sauna.
come to the ‘morocco’ and get alt-lit-refreshed. come to the kendra grant malone & matthew savoca ‘morocco’ b&b....
Anonymous asked: what is with alt lit's "extraneous" use of 'quotation' marks"?"
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73.3 :: 'kadian' by jordan castro
kadian by jordan castro // hip hip hooray press
73.3
this is tight.
very short.
chap is short. poems are short. really, too short. jordan has secured all kinds of book deals. he is writing songs. maybe he is tapped out. wants to save some creativity.
the titles are just as important as the poem ‘itself.’
feels ’really great’ to be in that rhythm of title / poem.
feel that these poems...
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77.1 :: 'the black dot series' by gabby gabby
‘the black dot series’ by gabby gabby // self-released
77.1
not since marie calloway has alt-lit been rocked as hard as it has been in the past few weeks by gabby gabby.
she has surfaced seemingly ‘out of nowhere.’ she has been mentioned by beach sloth. she has written on bulk culture. she has been mentioned on pop serial. there is an ‘extremely high...
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61.4 :: 'two hours of sleep' by noah cicero
two hours of sleep by noah cicero // pangur ban party
61.4
generally like noah cicero. really like ‘best behavior.’ just pulled ‘best behavior’ off my shelf. everything is staccato and observant.it is good.
‘two hours of sleep’ isn’t that. feels like noah kinda ‘mailed it in.’ that he had a complaint he wanted to get out. that he wanted...