2013 Rain Taxi Readings

SOCIAL/BRIEF: THE LOVE VERSION Walker Art Center, Thursday, February 14 The love-struck and lovelorn gathered to share snippets of verse amid Cindy Sherman revelers. Poets include Brian Beatty, Kevin Carollo, John Colburn, Maria Damon, Venus DeMars, James Lenfesty, John Pistelli, Lynette Reini-Grandell, William Waltz, and a host of others who offered their swift words of […]

2015 Rain Taxi Readings

Scott McCloud Macalester College, February 15, 2015 Nearly 200 fans clamored on a cold day to hear comics genius Scott McCloud in conversation with Rain Taxi editor Eric Lorberer as they discussed McCloud's new 500 page graphic novel, The Sculptor. RAIN TAXI @ AWP Association of Writers and Writing Programs 2015 Conference Minneapolis Convention Center April […]

Volume 23, Number 3, Fall 2018 (#91)

Volume 23, Number 3, Fall 2018 (#91) To purchase issue #91 using Paypal, click here. INTERVIEWS: Laura Catherine Brown and Ruth Danon: Innumerable Futures Ed Sanders: Every Life is Fatal | by Paige Melin Timothy Liu: Augur and Argue | by Brian Henry Rodney Koeneke: The Moment of the Poem | by Norman Fischer Features […]

Elizabeth Gregory

by Kevin Carollo Elizabeth Gregory is one of millions currently living with early onset Alzheimer’s dementia (EOAD), often referred to as “the long goodbye.” Elizabeth Gregory combs the inner space of every mom in search of radical humanity. Beatlemania is our compass. Dementia is our mothership. We say hello. 42 pp., 7" x 7", perfect […]

2018 Rain Taxi Events

A Tribute to Denis Johnson Featuring Charles Baxter, Venus DeMars, Lynette Reini-Grandell, and Sean Tillmann (aka Har Mar Superster) Friday, January 19, 2018, Moon Palace Books Many gathered to elebrate the life and writing of Denis Johnson, who died on May 24, 2017. Best known for his 1992 work of fiction Jesus’ Son and his […]

Fast by Jorie Graham
and Debths by Susan Howe

Fast Jorie Graham Ecco ($25.99) Debths Susan Howe New Directions ($15.95) by Kevin Carollo There must come a time when established poets are no longer edited by others, when they become their own muse and judge, when it is only they who shepherd the differentiated flock of a collection of poems from start to finish. […]

Fall 2017

INTERVIEWS Discovery in Darkness: An Interview with Samanta Schweblin Argentinian author Samanta Schweblin discusses her influences and her work, including her recently translated short novel, Fever Dream. Interviewed by Allan Vorda and Liliana Avila Created Identities: An Interview with Elvira Navarro Spanish author and avant-gardist Navarro discussed her new novel, soon to be translated in […]

Volume 22, Number 1, Spring 2017 (#85)

To purchase issue #85 using Paypal, click here. INTERVIEWS Sanderia Faye: A Journey from Innocence to Experience | interviewed by Jacob Singer Stephanie Wilbur Ash: Small Town Sinister | interviewed by Alex Kies Lance Olsen: Wildly Diverse Explosions Occur | interviewed by Justin Chandler, Erin Jamieson, Sammani Perera, Carly Plank, Isaac Pickell, and transcribed by […]