Tag Archives: Summer 2016

Extracting the Stone of Madness: Poems 1962 – 1972

Alejandra Pizarnik Translated by Yvette Siegert New Directions ($18.95) by George Kalamaras Alejandra Pizarnik was, according to Argentinean poet Enrique Molina, “the daughter of insomnia.” Too long reduced in English translation to a footnote or to being represented by a handful of poems in a rare anthology of Latin American women poets, Pizarnik forged a […]

Summer 2016

INTERVIEWS The Ethos of Irony: An Interview with Lee Konstantinou Lee Konstantinou’s new book approaches postwar literature, politics, culture, and counterculture through the lens of the ironic worldview, pioneered by hipsters, punks, believers, and the cool alike. Interviewed by Dylan Hicks The Nightboat Interviews In eight interviews featuring authors published by Nightboat Books, Andy Fitch offers […]