It’s hard to concentrate on the poetry world with the new job, new place to live, packing up the house, redoing my web site, etc, but I wanted to post a couple of things:

One is, Kate Greenstreet has interviewed herself for her series of first-book interviews!

The other is quick mini-review of Collin Kelley’s chapbook, After the Poison from Finishing Line Press. (Incidentally, follow that link and you can also pick up Anne Haines’ new chapbook, Breach.) Collin angry, passionate take on Reagan-and-Bush-era politics hits hard and fast, but as you might guess, my favorite two poems were the bitingly funny “Fairy Tale Eating Disorder” (“No food is safe in a fairy tale,/ a single bite enough to stop your heart”) and the persona poem called “Patty Hearst on the Occasion of her Presidential Pardon:”
“Mama’s got her x-ray sunglasses on,
her thought control beehive sending signals,
her noose of pearls ready to lasso me home…”

Update: Check it out – Steve’s getting his first book published! Break out the confetti!