Arthur McMaster Mendeleev’s Mandala Jessica Goodfellow Mayapple Press, 2015 Paper, 100 pages, $15.95 ISBN: 978-1-936419-49=1 http://mayapplepress.com/mendeleevs-mandala-jessica-goodfellow/ We know from the first few lines, from the poet’s first remarkable observations, that this is not your grandad’s book of verse. “The Problem …
Tag Archives: Arthur McMaster
Review: Mendeleev
Posted in November 18, 2015
Tags: Arthur McMaster, Fall 2015, Jessica Goodfellow, Mayapple Press, review
My Odyssey as an Epic Poet: Interview with Frederick Glaysher
Posted in April 6, 2015
Tags: Arthur McMaster, interview, Spring 2015
Arthur McMaster, PQ Contributing Editor Frederick Glaysher holds two degrees from the University of Michigan, one a master’s degree in English. The author or editor of ten books, his epic poem, The Parliament of Poets, is partly set on the …
Review: Habeas Corpus by Cindy Hochman
Posted in April 6, 2015
Tags: Arthur McMaster, Cindy Hochman, review, Spring 2015
Arthur McMaster, PQ Contributing Editor Habeas Corpus by Cindy Hochman Glass Lyre Press Paper, 2015, 27 pages ISBN: 978-1-941783-02-3 http://www.glasslyrepress.com/catalogue.html Cindy Hochman knows what makes a memorable poem—fresh use of language and captivating imagery, of course, but equally so “that …
Review: Our Andromeda by Brenda Shaughnessy
Posted in October 11, 2014
Tags: Arthur McMaster, Brenda Shaughnessy, Copper Canyon Press, Fall 2014, review
Arthur McMaster, PQ Contributing Editor Our Andromeda Brenda Shaughnessy Copper Canyon Press Paper, 131 pages, $16 ISBN: 978-1-55659-410-6 https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/pages/browse/book.asp?bg={D94EFFCA-8152-4F02-96E6-7C795F596CE3} Is the human heart artless? Surely some must be. Well, not mine or yours, of course, given that you are reading …
Imperial by George Bilgere
Posted in April 19, 2014
Tags: Arthur McMaster, George Bilgere, Imperial, University of Pittsburgh Press
Review by Arthur McMaster Imperial George Bilgere University of Pittsburgh Press, 2014 Perfect Bound, 72 pages ISBN: 0822962683 Purchase link If the purpose of poetry is to inform, while it also tantalizes and delights the critical reader, recognizing that this …
Space, in Chains by Laura Kasischke
Posted in January 3, 2013
Tags: Arthur McMaster, January 2013, review
Space, in Chainsby Laura KasischkeCopper Canyon Press, 2011paper, 110 pages, $16 Purchase Link Reviewed by PQ Contributing Editor Arthur McMaster Michigan poet Laura Kasischke’s latest volume, her eighth, won the National Book Critic’s …
Back to the Future: Interview with Mark Jarman
Posted in January 3, 2013
Tags: Arthur McMaster, interview, January 2013
Back to the Future with Mark Jarman Author Mark Jarman Interview by PQ Contributing Editor Arthur McMaster Centennial Professor of English at Vanderbilt University, the writer Mark Jarman has championed the poetry of New Formalists for several years. We owe …