Introduction by Michael Spring
Introduction by Michael Spring Another incredible experience working with John, Arlene, and Susan. I like how they each bring new light to selecting poems. It astonishes me how many poems all four of us agree on, especially during the first round of deliberations. My favorite part of our process is when we debate the nominated […]
Introduction by Arlene Ang
Introduction by Arlene Ang To steal from Jeffrey Little’s poem, the 17th-anniversary issue of Pedestal, “when it arrives, is worldly.” The eclectic mix of 18 poets and poems we’ve selected makes me think of how the writing world has grown smaller and at the same time more extensive since 2000. It’s an honor and pleasure […]
Bonnie Wai-Lee Kwong – self portrait in vivo
self portrait in vivo grass spills into sunlight the innermost tongue of an orchid splays in wild repose water opens to light what to reflect what to let pass if you don’t see this rainbow come around look from the angle of my eyes if you approach me like sunlight I could be […]
Erica Goss’s Night Court, Reviewed by David E. Poston
Erica Goss Night Court Glass Lyre Press Reviewer: David E. Poston Erica Goss’s Lyrebird Prize-winning new collection, Night Court, begins by pulling readers into a world of eerie sounds in the dark of night. It positions us on the edge of what the book’s final poem calls the “floating world” between real and surreal. When […]
Brittney Corrigan – Lepidopterist’s Daughter
Brittney Corrigan is the author of the poetry collection Navigation (The Habit of Rainy Nights Press, 2012) and the chapbook 40 Weeks (Finishing Line Press, 2012). Her poems have appeared widely in journals and anthologies, and she is the poetry editor for the online journal Hyperlexia: poetry and prose about the […]
