My essay, The Combinatorics of Context, is now in Italian

My essay on Philip Nikolayev's embedded sonnets,  The Combinatorics of Context, appears in Italian in the international journal Grafias, This essay originally appeared in The Battersea Review edited by Ben Mazer.

http://www.grafias.it/i-sonetti-integrati-di-philip-nikolayev-la-combinatoria-del-contesto/

"Philip Nikolayev’s Embedded Sonnets: The Combinatorics of Context" published in Vol. 1 Issue 4 of Ihe Battersea Review, Winter 2015

My critical article on Philip Nikolayev's immured sonnets, which are vispo, formal verse, and experimental poetry combined, appears in the current edition of The Battersea Review

http://thebatterseareview.com/critical-prose/213-philip-nikolayev-s-embedded-sonnets-the-combinatorics-of-context

Boston launch of my new collection, #specialcharacters

Please join me for a reading in Cambridge launching my new collection, #specialcharacters featuring the Boston area's finest poets, editors, and publishers:

Philip Nikolayev and Katia Kapovich, editors-in-chief, FULCRUM: an annual of poetry and aesthetics;
Gloria Mindock, publisher and editor, Červená Barva Press;
Ben Mazer, editor, The Battersea Review;
Zachary Bos, editor, Pen & Anvil Press;
Audrey Roth, esq., ConvergentGC,
and Annie Pluto, professor of literature and drama, Lesley Unversity.

And, of course, yours truly!

Wednesday, April 9, 7:00 pm
Sherrill Library
Lesley University
89 Brattle St
Cambridge, MA 02138

See you there!

MadHat / Pen & Anvil Reading at AWP

MadHat Presents Live and The Pen & Anvil Press are pleased to present:

Readings by Terese Svoboda, Ben Mazer, Larissa Shmailo, Philip Nikolayev, Katia Kapovich, Sassan Tabatabai, Susan Lewis, Annie Pluto, Matthew Kelsey, Ellen Adair Glassie, and Thomas Simmons!

Featuring host Jonathan Penton reading works by Marc Vincenz and j/j hastain!


Join the merriment at the Facebook event page here: http://www.facebook.com/events/105031043005236/