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Sunday, November 17, 2019

Poetry Review: “If Men, Then” — Verse on Present Day Firing Lines by Ed Meek

Because Eliza Griswold's poems often take place in war zones, she’s always provocative -- even when she is tendentious. The post Poetry Review: “If Men, Then” — Verse on Present Day …

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:03PM
Saturday, November 2, 2019

Book Review: “On Fire” — An Optimistic Take on Climate Change by Ed Meek

In this book, Naomi Klein shines a light on the path to a politically and economically just model of sustainability. The post Book Review: “On Fire” — An Optimistic Take on Climate Cha…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:12PM
Thursday, August 22, 2019

Poetry Review: “One Lark, One Horse” — Michael Hofmann’s Comic Skepticism by Ed Meek

Michael Hofmann nicely captures our age of truthiness and alternate facts and multiple perspectives, the hollowness of everything from the news-cycle to pop-up restaurants, all of the distr…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:24AM
Friday, July 26, 2019

Poetry Review: “Come Closer and Listen” — Is Brusque and Amusing Enough? by Ed Meek

In his new book, poet Charles Simic employs his customary strategies, but he seldom achieves the intensity he once did. The post Poetry Review: “Come Closer and Listen” — Is Brusque a…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:24PM
Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Poetry Review: “Frozen Charlotte” — Plenty of Pleasure by Ed Meek

In Frozen Charlotte, Susan de Sola provides readers with enough aesthetic pleasure and thoughtful commentary about today's world to remind us of just how good -- and necessary -- poetry can…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:54PM
Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Book Review: “Uninhabitable Earth” — Incentivizing Survival by Ed Meek

We will find out how much the future of the earth matters in the next Presidential election. The post Book Review: “Uninhabitable Earth” — Incentivizing Survival appeared first on The …

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:48PM
Friday, April 12, 2019

Book Review: “Treading the Uneven Road” — Mercilessly Following Obsessions by Ed Meek

L. M. Brown writes with a sure hand about men and women beset with dreams and longings, who fall in and out of love with each other, and who harbor secrets that shape their lives in unpredic…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:56AM
Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Poetry Commentary: Lawrence Ferlinghetti Turns 100 — The Beats Go On by Ed Meek

The Beats came before the '60s, the decade of civil rights protests, women’s rights, the anti-war movement, and the civil strife that included riots and assassinations. The post Poetry Com…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:15AM
Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Poetry Review: “Peaches Goes It Alone” — A Comic Ode to the Age of Trump by Ed Meek

In the age of truthiness, poet Frederick Seidel's is a welcome voice. The post Poetry Review: “Peaches Goes It Alone” — A Comic Ode to the Age of Trump appeared first on The Arts Fuse.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:04AM
Sunday, December 2, 2018

Book Review: “America, The Farewell Tour” — Has Our Ship Already Sailed? by Ed Meek

America the Farewell Tour and American Pyschosis are well worth taking to heart -- both to provide provocative perspective on what is happening and to spur us into action.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:04PM
Sunday, October 14, 2018

Book Review: “The Mars Room” — Women Behind Bars by Ed Meek

The strength of The Mars Room is its compelling vision of the stultifying and claustrophobic underworld of women in prison.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:04PM
Monday, October 1, 2018

Poetry Review: The Devolution of Eileen Myles by Ed Meek

One of the fears of poets and, I imagine, all writers, is that you’ll reach a certain age and you’ll run out of gas.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:42PM
Saturday, September 22, 2018

Poetry Review: A.E. Stallings’ “Like” — Good and Clever by Ed Meek

Despite its occasional confusions, this is poetry I will return to -- to re-experience A.E. Stallings' wit, wisdom, and word-smithing.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:24AM
Friday, June 22, 2018

Book Review: “Debris” — Deep into Grieving by Ed Meek

L. H. Brown has also written poetry, and she brings some of that lyrical know-how to her promising first novel.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:06PM
Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Book Review: “The View From Flyover Country” — Sounding the Alarm by Ed Meek

If you want to understand what is going on in the United States today, journalist Sarah Kendzior is a good resource.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:18AM
Friday, April 27, 2018

Poetry Review: “Not Elegy, But Eros” — A Skilled New Voice by Ed Meek

Nausheen Eusuf’s deep affection for language and sound is omnipresent.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:12PM
Friday, April 13, 2018

Book Review: “Enlightenment Now” — An Antidote for our Pessimistic Era by Ed Meek

Steven Pinker's book is a welcome antidote to the Trump era, when we are inundated, daily, with an avalanche of negative and disturbing stories.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:50PM

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