narrative

Way/s of Staying Present: 3 Brief Poems from Michael Hettich’s The Animals Beyond Us

March 25, 2014
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Hettich’s is a poetics of external and internal metamorphosis and regeneration.

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Review: Contrapuntal by Christopher Kondrich

February 14, 2013
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Contrapuntal is not a book about diametrics, bipolarity, or extremes, but rather a sonic and sonorous exploration of the way music, sound, time, and relationships exist throughout the body, mind, and self.

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The Ecstatic Tragedy of Reality TV: Interview with Kate Durbin on E!

April 2, 2012
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The echoes of her pain are still reverberating, like a mechanical baby doll, crying forever: a baby, our baby, who can never be soothed.

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At National Tool

February 22, 2012
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Ideas are never as important as appearances and narratives. The groove of the story can outlast any series of good ideas, and no idea stands a chance unless it can find a groove.

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Robert Duncan’s The H.D. Book

November 9, 2011
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The book is essentially a record of Duncan’s two-step with poetry

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The Narratology of LOST: Loops and Privileged Positions

June 8, 2011
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LOST generates the final thrust of its narrative through even more privileged positions.

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