Lit Roundup: IS THAT ENOUGH DOTS FOR YOU

In case you missed NAP 1.4, here are four poems to read by Diana Salier. Make sure to poke around. Diana’s chapbook, Wikipedia Says It Will Pass, also went on sale this week through Deadly Chaps.

On a serious note, please be informed. There are plenty of news stories out there about Troy Davis, and it’s important that you know what’s going on in our country. The Rumpus has something here.

Donald Hall’s birthday was this past week. If you don’t have a Donald Hall book in your collection, you don’t have a collection. I have had the pleasure of meeting Donald Hall, and he is a wonderful man and a terrific poet. Celebrate him with your hearts and your money! Go buy the book Without.

Um, Specter 1.3. Duh.

M.G. Martin on Used Furniture Review.

Here is a cute little article over at NPR about being creative.

Go wear literature now.

Alex M. Pruteanu’s new novella, Short Lean Cuts, is on sale now over at Amazon. He is interviewed here by Matt DeBenedictis, and here by Gloom Cupboard Magazine.

There are two poems by me today at Metazen! That’s me! Your trusty host!

There is an awesome article at BuzzFeed about the last words of 25 famous authors.

At the Kenyon Review, A Sestina for a Cannibal by Jeffrey Greene.

As always, if you have news or would like an announcement in the Friday lit roundup, email me at brett [dot] e [dot] jenkins [at] gmail [dot] com.

IS THAT ENOUGH DOTS FOR YOU?