Archive for September, 2007

Politics and the Poetic Language: A Review of Mike Maggio’s DeMOCKracy

September 16, 2007
Politics and the Poetic Language: A Review of Mike Maggio’s DeMOCKracy

Plain View Press, 2007 Paperback. 80 pgs. Review by Danika Stegeman Like many college campuses, mine featured several corners stationed with flier-peddling, open-air evangelists. John, Mark, Luke, Revelations…all were there with open arms, whether I wanted the arms or not. One day I’d had enough. As a young man handed me a flier I...
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Poetry Reviews

September 16, 2007

Phoebe is happy to announce that we will now be reviewing books of poetry on our blog. Although there is limited page space in the journal for such features, we feel it important to participate in and help further the dialogue about poetry, something that our recent entry into the world of blogs allows...
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Sign – David Mutschlecner

September 16, 2007
Sign – David Mutschlecner

Ahsahta Press, 2007 Paperback. 92 pgs. Review by Joe Hall One leaves Sign hungry, parched. Things are eroded down to the bare bone of the eye and mind: “Eidetic / steps / the eye / ascends.” The line is the mind moving with deliberation, calculation. Absence is signified everywhere—from the body of his magnificent...
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Reminder

September 13, 2007

We’re now reading new submissions. We know our main site says that we’re closed, but it is wrong!(we’ve not been able to update it; Dreamweaver problems). So yeah, send us things.
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Jonathan Lyons in the next Gargoyle

September 12, 2007

We just heard word from Jonathan Lyons that his latest story will appear in the next issue of Gargoyle, due out summer of ’08. Lyons’ story “The Good Life” ran in the Spring 2007 issue of Phoebe, so we’re really happy to report his newest success.
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Fall Update #1

September 4, 2007

School is back in session at GMU and we are looking forward to a wonderful year here at Phoebe, with some exciting stuff in store. Here’s a bit of an update on a few things…. Submission Period OpenWe are happy to announce that the fall submission period is open and we are now reading...
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