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Michael Hettich Reads and Discusses “Certain Constellations”

October 30, 2014 by utpress Leave a Comment

By Richard Mathews with Michael Hettich Poet Michael Hettich won the Tampa Review Prize for Poetry for his thirteenth collection, Systems of Vanishing, published this spring by the University of Tampa Press. “Certain Constellations,” one of the longer poems in the collection, is featured in Tampa Review 49, and Michael recently discussed it with TR Editor Richard Mathews. To refresh your … [Read more…]

Posted in: Conversations Tagged: contemporary poetry, Florida poet, Miami poet, Michael Hettich, Richard Mathews, Tampa Review Prize

Colin Dodds

June 1, 2014 by utpress Leave a Comment

NO PREDICTABLE MALFUNCTION by Colin Dodds The bar smelled like an ex-girlfriend’s breath. And I was like Belgium in the 20th century— just waiting for someone to violate my neutrality. I had little room to maneuver; the market of the heart had been rebuilt for efficiency, its work outsourced and its meager glory distributed to chromosomes, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Poetry Tagged: American poetry, Colin Dodds, contemporary poetry, poetry

Sebastian H. Paramo

April 1, 2014 by utpress Leave a Comment

BEGINNER’S ENGLISH FOR REFUGEES by Sebastian H. Paramo I walk around the makeshift classroom where the heat has us sweating for words. The adults repeat phrases like a chorus, Each word is said as if it could change their lives. They get out their notebooks & sharpened pencils while the fan overhead twirls a phrase … [Read more…]

Posted in: Poetry Tagged: contemporary poetry, immigrant poetry, new writing, poetry

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