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Christopher Bakken’s “Duet with D. H. Lawrence” Appears on the Dark Web

By On January 19, 2021

Christopher Bakken's poem "Duet with D. H. Lawrence" appears in the latest installment of Ernest Hilbert's Cocytus: A Dark Web Magazine. To visit and read it, simply follow the instructions below.… Read More

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“The Demon” by Ernest Hilbert Appears in the New Raintown Review

By On January 13, 2021

Ernest Hilbert's poems "The Demon," "The Knife," and "Above the Salt Springs" appear in the latest issue of The Raintown Review, Number 1, New Series. Also included in the issue are an… Read More

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Ernest Hilbert’s Poem “Drink Me” Appears in The Moth

By On December 11, 2020

Ernest Hilbert's poem "Drink Me" appears in The Moth, Issue 43, Winter 2020, an issue that includes artwork by Craigie Harper, Sarah Leonard, and Simon Quadrat; cover by Elisa Filomena; interviews with… Read More

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“Dark Time” by Michael Steffen

By On December 10, 2020

Michael Steffen lives in Somerville, Massachusetts. He has published in venues including Another Chicago Magazine, The Boston Globe, The Concord Saunterer, Harvard Review Online, Ibbetson Street, The Lyric, and Taos Journal. His… Read More

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“K 265” by Ernest Hilbert

By On December 6, 2020

" . . . the voice most characteristic of Mr. Hilbert's work sounds something like a punk-rock Wordsworth, or a heavy-metal Milton, melding grandeur and the Grand Guignol, squalor and prophecy, in… Read More

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Ernest Hilbert Selected as “Celebrity Judge” for the 2021 Montgomery County Poet Laureate Competition

By On November 30, 2020

It is a signal honor to have been asked to judge next year's Montgomery County Poet Laureate competition. They even flatter me by calling me a "celebrity judge," which may stretch the… Read More

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“There Will Be No Babies” by Tamara Oakman

By On November 23, 2020

Tamara Oakman, a neo-confessional writer and also English, writing, ESL and humanities professor, has had work appear in such magazines as Many Mountains Moving, Philadelphia Stories and Best of Anthology, Mad Poets… Read More

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“Junkyard” by Carmine Starnino

By On November 6, 2020

Carmine Starnino has published five collections of poetry, including This Way Out, which was nominated for the Governor General’s Award in 2009 and recently translated into French by Éditions Hashtag under the… Read More

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“Romulus and Remus” by David Lehman

By On October 28, 2020

David Lehman’s books include One Hundred Autobiographies: A Memoir (Cornell University Press, 2019) and Playlist: A Poem (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019). He is the editor of The Oxford Book of American… Read More

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“Pearl Algorithm” by Anton Yakovlev

By On October 22, 2020

Anton Yakovlev’s latest poetry chapbook is Chronos Dines Alone (SurVision Books, 2018), winner of the James Tate Prize. His poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The New Criterion, The Hopkins Review,… Read More

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“Rounding up the Mimes” by A. M. Juster

By On October 19, 2020

"This may be Juster’s best collection, for its openness, its confession of utter vulnerability, its capacity to make the reader laugh while aching. It does perfectly what only the best poetry can… Read More

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Ernest Hilbert’s “Monster-Mania Con 44” in Issue 140 of Red Fez Magazine

By On October 14, 2020

Two poems by Ernest Hilbert, "The Inlet" and Monster-Mania Con 44" appear in issue 140 of the arts and culture magazine Red Fez.… Read More

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Three New Poems by Ernest Hilbert in Cassandra Voices

By On October 12, 2020

Three new poems by Ernest Hilbert appear in Cassandra Voices, "Spolia Opima," "Crypt," and "Apollinaris, Medicus Titi Imperatoris hic Cacavit Bene." … Read More

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Three Poems by Ernest Hilbert in the New Issue of Think Magazine

By On October 5, 2020

Ernest Hilbert's poems "Laurel Hill," "EL CONQUISTADOR," and "Rondel" appear in the new issue of Think: A Journal of Poetry, Fiction, and Essays, Summer/Fall 2020, Volume 10.2, under the capable editorship of… Read More

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“A Trinket for Persephone” by Amit Majmudar Appears in the Latest Installment of Cocytus: A Dark Web Magazine

By On October 1, 2020

Amit Majmudar‘s stunning poem “A Trinket for Persephone” appears in the latest installment of Cocytus: A Dark Web Magazine. To visit and read it, simply follow the instructions below. Step one: Download… Read More

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“Hilbert is Enjoying, Mid-career, a New Formal Freedom, and With It, Wider Territory to Cover”: A. E. Stallings Reviews Ernest Hilbert’s Last One Out

By On September 21, 2020

Ernest Hilbert is not an optimist.In his latest collection, Last One Out, the title poem addresses not only our individual mortality, but a kind of “last call,” a “hurry up please it’s… Read More

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“The Avocado Season is Over” by Indran Amirthanayagam

By On September 17, 2020

Indran Amirthanayagam, (Sri Lanka/United States) (www.indranmx.com) writes in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Haitian Creole. He has published nineteen poetry collections and recorded a spoken word album Rankont Dout. He edits The… Read More

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“Blue On Her Hands” by Leonard Gontarek

By On September 16, 2020

Leonard Gontarek is the author of six books of poems, including, Take Your Hand Out of My Pocket, Shiva (2016). His poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Poet Lore, Verse Daily,… Read More

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E-Verse Equinox Reading Series Returns! Join Us!

By On September 15, 2020

Pull up a chair. Pour a glass. Bring a poem to read. We want to hear you this equinox! … Read More

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“Spenglerian Ghazal” by Amit Majmudar

By On September 1, 2020

Amit Majmudar is a novelist, poet, translator, essayist, and diagnostic nuclear radiologist. Majmudar’s latest books are the poetry collection What He Did in Solitary (Knopf, 2020) and Godsong: A Verse Translation of… Read More

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“In Salt Meadows” by Ernest Hilbert

By On August 23, 2020

My poem “In Salt Meadows” (from a book-in-progress called Storm Swimmer) appears in the latest issue of The Hopkins Review (Volume 13, Number 2, Spring 2020, Johns Hopkins University Press). Blood ark… Read More

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“‘That scantlie frae the cauld I micht defend’” by Gerry Cambridge

By On July 30, 2020

The Scottish poet Gerry Cambridge founded the transatlantic magazine The Dark Horse, still Scotland’s leading poetry journal, in 1995. He is also an essayist, print designer and typographer, with a background in… Read More

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Amy Glynn’s Poem “The Rape Of Proserpina” Appears in the Latest Installment of Ernest Hilbert’s Cocytus: A Dark Web Magazine

By On July 28, 2020

Amy Glynn's beautiful and terrifying poem "The Rape Of Proserpina" appears in the latest installment of Cocytus: A Dark Web Magazine. To visit and read it, simply follow the instructions below.… Read More

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“When Did You First Know You Wanted to be a Stand-up Comic?” by Marvin Thompson

By On July 25, 2020

“Their skin evoked Britain’s colonial past and something in me blew . . .” Marvin Thompson’s debut collection provides a refreshing perspective in times when “Brexit turned tongues profane.” We hear a… Read More

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“Pelagic” by Ernest Hilbert

By On June 23, 2020

" . . . the voice most characteristic of Mr. Hilbert's work sounds something like a punk-rock Wordsworth, or a heavy-metal Milton, melding grandeur and the Grand Guignol, squalor and prophecy, in… Read More

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“Saving What We Didn’t Even Know Needed Saving”: Ernest Hilbert Talks to Kevin Young in the New Issue of Fine Books & Collections

By On June 6, 2020

The new issue of Fine Books & Collections magazine (18.3, Summer 2020) contains my profile of Kevin Young. We spoke earlier this year about his work as a poet, essayist, anthologist, book… Read More

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Ernest Hilbert’s Book Last One Out Listed on Poetry Foundation’s Reading List May 2020

By On May 28, 2020

Poet, translator, and critic A. E. Stallings, recipient of the prestigious MacArthur "Genius" Grant, among many other distinctions, includes Ernest Hilbert's 2019 poetry collection Last One Out alongside several others for her… Read More

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“Scream Queen” by Ernest Hilbert

By On May 20, 2020

Ernest Hilbert's poem "Scream Queen" appears in the latest issue of Smartish Pace, number 27, Spring 2020. … Read More

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“Ship Bottom, 1972” by Ernest Hilbert

By On May 10, 2020

"'Ship Bottom, 1972'—an even more personal poem, about his mother—is a great example of how music can evoke emotion: in this case, a devastating sense of longing. 'Ship Bottom, 1972' is in… Read More

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“Dovecote” by Vasiliki Katsarou

By On April 27, 2020

Vasiliki Katsarou’s new chapbook, Three Sea Stones, is out this month, by Lucia Press. She is the author of a full-length poetry collection, Memento Tsunami, and co-editor of two contemporary poetry anthologies… Read More