Review of Barzakh

by Don Wellman  on Immanent Occasions; opening paras follow — read the full review here. Barzakh: Poems 2000-2012, Pierre Joris, Black Widow: Boston 2014 Barzakh is largely constructed from the poet’s work over the first decade of the new millennium, much of it biographical in nature. Like Louis Zukofsky, Pierre Joris interrogates “the overtly complex semantic unit we call ‘life.’’ I am following Mark Scroggins in this phrasing. Several … Read more Review of Barzakh

Barzakh # 3 Online Now!

Pleased to announce that the new issue of BARZAKH, the student-run online magazine produced by the Department of English at SUNY Albany, has just gone online. This issue’s editors are Sarah Giragosian & Anna Elena Eyre. The current issue includes work by: Ed Sanders Marilyn Hacker Evie Shockley John Cotter Lynn Behrendt Dimitri Anastasopoulos Issue 03 Editorial Adam Golaski Anne Gorrick while our growing archives have also been updated: Archives Yes! Reading … Read more Barzakh # 3 Online Now!