some author activity: Baker, Earl, Flemmer + Smith,

Jennifer Baker has a new essay on the "On Writing" series over at the ottawa poetry newsletter; Amanda Earl has a new essay on Sandra Ridley over at many gendered mothers; Kyle Flemmer answers the "12 or 20 (small press) questions" on The Blasted Tree Publishing Company ; and Jessica Smith has a bunch of recent activity, including new work in Open Letters Monthly, an essay on erasure and the script of a talk she gave recently at Berl's Brooklyn Poetry Shop on Coven Press.

some author activity: Robertson, Smith, hastain, Reed + Armantrout,

Lisa Roberton's "Essay on Origins" is included in the new issue of The Rusty Toque; Jessica Smith has a new poem up at Open Letters Monthly; j/j hastain has new work in issue #8 of summer stock; Megan Burns interviews Marthe Reed over at The Conversant; and Rae Armantrout has four new poems up at Jacket2.