Volume 85 No. 5, September 2011
Poetry Untethered, the marquee section in WLT's September 2011 issue, features essays and poems by nine poets from the English-speaking world—including Jane Hirshfield, Ilya Kaminsky, and Maya Khosla—plus a compelling interview with Dana Gioia. Also, don't miss new fiction by Ken N. Kamoche, Alexander Maksik on the romance and reality of Paris, a tribute to filmmaker Blake Edwards, and WLT's usual abundance of book and author features.
Table of Contents
COVER FEATURE: Poetry Untethered
with contributions from
- John Mateer, Four Poems
- Dana Gioia, "Words" in English and translated into Spanish by José Emilio Pacheco
- Poetic Collaborations: A Conversation with Dana Gioia
- Two poems by Stephanie McKenzie
- Nicholas Samaras, Two Poems [with audio]
- Nicholas Samaras, Four Poems
- Bill Manhire, "Cream Torpedoes: Recent Poetry in New Zealand"
- Maya Khosla, Two Poems
- A poem by Ilya Kaminsky
- An essay by Jane Hirshfield (US)
- Ngwatilo Mawiyoo, The End of a Love Affair [set to music]
- An essay by Ian Brinton (UK)
WEB HIGHLIGHTS
- FICTION: Ken N. Kamoche, "Secondhand Wife"
- Q&A: WLT INTERVIEW: Alexander Maksik, author of You Deserve Nothing - Michelle Johnson
- A Parisian Expat Reading List
LETTERS/EDITOR'S CHOICE
NOTEBOOK
- WLT ONLINE BOOK CLUB: Panorama by H.G. Adler
- AUTHOR PROFILE: Valzhyna Mort
- WHAT TO READ NOW: Kenya
- CITY PROFILE: Reykjavík, Iceland
- A report from the Poetry Foundation's open house
INTERNATIONAL CRIME & MYSTERY
- The Crime Writing of Blake Edwards - J. Madison Davis
WLT wins a 2011 Gold Ink Award
