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Happy Birthday, Arthur! The Drunken Boat takes its title from Arthur Rimbaud’s“Le bateau ivre.” Rimbaud was born October 20, 1854. To read thecomplete poem in English translation.

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E-Interview So I try to make my art fromhumble origins and humble daily practice, nevertheless believingcompletely that the path of poetry is one of the ten thousand paths tothe Buddha, and that the practice of poetry itself is entirelysufficient in and of itself. I am a tireless student of the Way ofPoetry. I’ve always loved Gary Snyder’s remark, ‘as a poet, I hold themost archaic values on earth.’ An e-interview with Sam Hamill. By Rebecca Seiferle. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –– – – – –– Responses September 11, 2001. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –– – – – –– Online This site is dedicated to all who translate poetry or enjoy poetry inlanguages in which they are not fluent. Brindin Press is apartnership. . . we set up the website in October 2000. The translationscome partly from published works, and most publishers are very happy towork with us, and partly from unpublished enthusiasts who in our viewdeserve to be published! By Brian Cole. started inSeptember 1999 as a small, occasional online magazine for up-and-comingfiction writers and poets. The magazine soon expanded to includereviews, interviews, and other features. An introduction to an excitingsite of Canadian literature. By Michael Bryson. The Transverse Review of Books began asnostalgia. I missed the sense of literary community and the heated oralexchanges that characterized Box 749 Magazine during theseventies– the heyday of the little-magazine movement. Far into thenight we debated the aesthetics of submitted poems and stories. Morethan thirty years later, I still wish that we had published a poem byJohn Burnett Payne that gave to tugboats (which are traditionally namedfor their owners’ wives, mothers, and sisters) the names of women poets:‘The Amy Lowell.’ ‘The Elinor Wylie.’ ‘The Emily Dickinson.’ But thatwas a battle I lost. By Patricia Eakins. – – – – – – – – – – – – Continuing Features We are pleased to announce the latest fromArchipelago which includes, among many riches, A suite of poemscomplex and ironic, by the Romanian poet, professor, swimmer, andgenerally remarkable personage Mihai Ursachi, should acquaint us with apoet not well-enough known in America, who is his country’s nominee forthe Nobel Prize in literature. ‘What crazy words I used to speak, oh, Iwanted / to be sure that we existed, that truly we are: that here, /here is a tree, or a pillar, and we’re standing beside it, alive.’ ByKatherine McNamara. – – – – – – – – – – – – Safe Harbors The PsychoanalyticExperience: Analysands Speak An anthology of client voices for the purpose of exploring therelationship that exists between therapist and client and fordocumenting client accounts of their experiences in therapy. Thejournal, which might act as an archive, is an open book that accepts newmaterial around the clock. All forms of writing are welcome —poem, essay,memoir, non-fiction fragment and diary —from emerging and experiencedwriters. By Esther Altshul Helfgott.