some author activity: Mellis, Munson, Christie, Brockwell, Niespodziany + Levy,

Miranda Mellis is interviewed over at Tricycle; Jed Munson has new work up at the Chaudiere Books blog for National Poetry Month, as does Jason Christie (a poem for Stephen Brockwell), Benjamin Niespodziany has new work up at The Bulb Region; and John Levy has new work up at The Pi Review.

some author activity: Sandhu, Mellis, Scroggins, Dyckman, Robinson, Witte, Rosenthal + Massey,

Mandy Sandhu has work up in the Spotlight series; Miranda Mellis is interviewed via Nightboat Books; Mark Scroggins has a poem up at the arts fuse; Susanne Dyckman and Elizabeth Robinson and Valerie Witte and Sarah Rosenthal have new work up at Literary Cherry; and Karen Massey is one of ten finalists for the 2024 3-day novel contest!

some author activity: Mellis, Gevirtz, Niespodziany, Dardis, Barwin + Straumsvåg,

Miranda Mellis writes on Karl Ove Knausgaard over at Hilobrow; Susan Gevirtz has a new poem posted as part of the "Tuesday poem" series; Benjamin Niespodziany has new work up at Afterimages; Colin Dardis has four poems up at Rochford Street Review; Hollay Ghadery podcast interviews Gary Barwin; and Dag T. Straumsvåg is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey.

some author activity: Graham, Barwin, Ross, Mellis, mclennan + Tierney,

Lea Graham has a poem up at The Fortnightly Review; Gary Barwin has a poem up at NewPoetry; Stuart Ross has new work up at The Glacier; Miranda Mellis writes on Robert (Bob) Glück for BOMB magazine; rob mclennan has a poem up at Poem Alone, two more up at Blood+Honey, and is interviewed by Mia Funk for The Creative Process; and Orchid Tierney is hosting a free, virtual zine workshop, “pedagogies for the planthroposcene!,” on August 8 at noon as part of Sarabande Books's ⚡ZINE LUNCH!⚡ series.

some author activity: Carpenter, Solomon, Armantrout, Mellis, Norris + Stengel,

I missed it before, but J.R. Carpenter has a collaborative work with Mary Paterson over at Pamenar Online Journal; Misha Solomon is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey; Rae Armantrout has two new poems online at Granta; Miranda Mellis has started a substack; Ken Norris has new work up at The Typescript; and Jill Stengel has a poem in the "Tuesday poem" series.

new from above/ground press: Unconsciousness Raising, by Miranda Mellis

Unconsciousness Raising
Miranda Mellis
$6

Detective Nothing

nothing is the unsigned confession
inside the unopened envelope

nothing is the evidence
which was never found

nothing is the weapon
mistaken for a prop

nothing is the foil
who fakes her own death

to solve the mystery of nothing
by becoming no one

pretending to be alive
she fools detective nothing

melting into the crowd
where no one is ever missed

without getting up
from her empty chair

published in Ottawa by above/ground press
October 2023
as part of above/ground press’ thirtieth anniversary
a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy

cover art: Miranda Mellis

Miranda Mellis is the author of four books of fiction including Crocosmia (Nightboat, forthcoming 2025), The Spokes, None of This Is Real, and The Revisionist. Other publications include a book of aphorisms and prose poems, Demystifications, and several chapbooks: The Revolutionary, The Quarry, and Materialisms. She co-authored The Instead with Emily Abendroth and was an editor at The Encyclopedia Project. Originally from San Francisco, she now lives in Olympia, Washington and teaches at Evergreen State College. http://mirandamellis.com

To order, send cheques (add $1 for postage; in US, add $2; outside North America, add $5) to: rob mclennan, 2423 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa ON K1H 7M9. E-transfer or PayPal at rob_mclennan (at) hotmail.com or the PayPal button at www.robmclennan.blogspot.com

some author activity: Boyle, Berlatsky, Beaulieu, Flemmer + Mellis,

Frances Boyle is interviewed over at talking about strawberries all of the time; where forthcoming author Noah Berlatsky also has poems; both Derek Beaulieu and Kyle Flemmer, among lots others, have work included in Laura Kerr's online pdf INTERZONE: a visual anthology; and forthcoming author Miranda Mellis is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey.

some author activity: Mellis, Blouin, Gwathmey + Ballard,

forthcoming author Miranda Mellis has some new work in Annulet; Michael Blouin is interviewed by Finnian Burnett; Matthew Gwathmey has a new poem up in the "Tuesday poem" series via dusie; and forthcoming author Micah Ballard has a new poem up as part of the weekly feature "Poetry at The Arts Fuse."

some author activity: Mellis, O'Reilly, Melançon + Dennis,

forthcoming author Miranda Mellis has a poem up in the "Tuesday poem" series via the dusie blog; Nathanael O'Reilly has new work up at axon; Jérôme Melançon has work featured in the Spotlight Series; and Amy Dennis is interviewed in the "12 or 20 questions" series