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Some extracts from 2 reviews in "Envoi" issue 151 (2008). June Hall reviewing June English Jan Fortune-Wood reviewing Nigel McLoughlin "dares" "daring" "brims with energy" "brimming with energy" "authentic" "authenticity" "sharp eye for detail" "attention to detail" "vivid" "vividly" "ironic", "irony" "irony" "sentimental" "sentimental" "exploration" "explored" "juxtaposition" "juxtapose" There's a vocabulary for puffs and one for reviews, but these two pieces share so many words that it surely can't be coincidence. In addition the pieces include some other standard review features June Hall reviewing June English Jan Fortune-Wood reviewing Nigel McLoughlin clichés "chronicling", "evocative", "challenging" "within the themes that both weave an...

The Wyndam Garden Hotel 37 West 24th Street, Rooms 301 & 302 March 6 to March 8, 2009 / 3-10 p.m. each day Shelly Bahl, Peggy Bates, Christie Blizard, Marcy Brafman, Amy Chaiklin Chrissy Conant, Katherine Daniels, Gregory De La Haba, Romain Erkiletlian Carla Gannis, Sean Greene, Joanna Hoar-Vea, Isolde Kille, Marni Kotak Mary Murphy, Leah Oates, Sarah Olson, Sono Osato, Pierre St. Jacques Margie Steinmann, Mary Ann Strandell, Teressa Valla, Mimi Wlodarczyk In most cases, names below are links to individual artist websites Shelly Bahl Peggy Bates Christie Blizard Marcy Brafman Amy Chaiklin Chrissy Conant Katherine Daniels Gregory De La Haba Romain Erkiletlian Carla Gannis Sean Greene Joanna Hoar-Vea Isolde Kille Marni Kotak Mary Murphy Leah Oates Sarah Olson Sono Osato Pierre St. Jacques Margie Steinmann Teressa Valla Mimi Wlodarczyk Zeeman

January 31-March 1, 2009 Curated by David Gibson and Trevor Richardson Herter Gallery The University of Massachusetts in Amherst David Brody, Joomi Chung, Diana Cooper, Vernon Fisher, Richard Garrison, Emily Ginsburg, Barry Le Va, Mark Lombardi, Marco Maggi, Dominic McGill, Rebecca Riley, Jane South, Dannielle Tegeder, Dan Zeller JOOMI CHUNG, Vertigo , ink drawing on acetate roll, 20" x 100" © 2008 DIANA COOPER, Experiments in 3D , ink, acrylic and felt pen on canvas, 88" x 142" © 2005 VERNON FISHER, The Way of Zen, oil and acrylic on canvas, 84" x 96" © 2007 Dominic McGill, Master of Bad Trips graphite on paper, 51.75" x 64" © 2005

What are Prose Poems? Purple prose? Vignettes? Free verse without line-breaks? Flash Fiction? Whatever, they're staging a mini-comeback lately. Layout serves several purposes in poetry. Sometimes it merely echoes the sonic organisation (as in sonnets); sometimes (as in shape poems) the appearance has a meaning for the eye but not the ear; sometimes words are in a 2-dimensional arrangement (the white space speaks); and sometimes the text is a script for performance, the line-breaks showing where to breathe. Line-breaks are sometimes added as "speed bumps" in the hope that by slowing down reading the text will be taken more seriously, but readers can - and should - call the text's bluff if they think they're being hoaxed. With prose-poetry the appearance isn't significant, and punctuation guides the reader's breathing and rhythm. Although dozens of French writers experimented with them in the 1700s, it was not until Baudelaire's work appeared in 1855 tha...

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Curated by David Gibson Matt Bollinger, Liz Chalfin, Meghan Gordon, Deb Karpman Elizabeth Kellogg, Ruth Waldman, Angela Zamarelli Curated by Klaus Postler Courtney Andrews, Wilson Cummer, Lisa Elmaleh Asia Ingalls, Sara Klar, Jamie M. Lee, Dot Szemiot Hampden Gallery / University of Massachusetts 16 Curry Hicks Building, 100 Hicks Way Amherst, MA 01003 November 7 – December 7, 2008 Reception: Friday, November 7, 4-6 PM MATT BOLLINGER LIZ CHALFIN MEGHAN GORDON DEB KARPMAN ELIZABETH KELLOGG RUTH WALDMAN ANGELA ZAMMARELLI

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