CLEAN CARTOONISTS’ DIRTY  DRAWINGS edited by Craig Yoe Last Gasp ($19.95) BEST EROTIC COMICS 2008 edited by Greta Christina Last Gasp ($19.95) EROTIC COMICS A Graphic History from Tijuana Bibles to  Underground Comix Tim Pilcher & Gene Kannenberg, Jr. Abrams ($29.95) by Paul Buhle In his monumentally hefty collection and commentary No Laughing Matter: Rationale of […]

MAHMOUD DARWISH, EXILE’S POET Critical Essays edited by Hala Khamis Nassar and Najat Rahman Olive Branch Press ($25) THE BUTTERFLY’S BURDEN Mahmoud Darwish translated by Fady Joudah Copper Canyon Press ($20) by Robert Milo Baldwin Best known as the poet of Palestinian resistance, Mahmoud Darwish has a poetic range far wider than his politics. While […]

Conducted in Turkish and translated into English by Figen Bingül  Adalet Ağaoğlu’s works are significant not only for their rich content, surveying the dialectic between the individual and society, but also for their technical and stylistic innovations. One of Turkey’s leading writers, Ağaoğlu has written about the social upheavals of the Republican era, namely the […]

 by Kimberly Burwick The best place to get Kevin Goodan to discuss his poetry is where he’s most comfortable—at home, in nature. Goodan is currently the resident writer at the Robert Francis House in Amherst, Massachusetts, or “Fort Juniper.” He’s in good company with the many writers who have lived there; poets such as Jack […]