some author activity: Armantrout, Browne, Turner, Stebner, Dean, Barwin, Nichol + Heroux,

Rae Armantrout discusses two poems from her latest collection with Laynie Browne, Julia Bloch and Al Fireis as part of PoemTalk #207 at Jacket2; Michael Turner has a new poem up at the Chaudiere Books blog for National Poetry Month, as does Kevin Stebner, and even Leesa Dean; Gary Barwin has posted new music over at bandcamp, "I before H: music after bpNichol"; and Jason Heroux has a new poem up at unbroken.

some author activity: Browne, mclennan, Paty, Boyle + Saklikar,

forthcoming author Laynie Browne is one of a trio--along with Anselm Berrigan and Kate Colby--discussing Lewis Warsh's poem "Polar Night" as part of the most recent podcast episode of PoemTalk; rob mclennan is interviewed by Hollay Ghadery for the New Books Network podcast; Allyson Paty answers the "12 or 20 questions" interview; rob mclennan has a new poem up at Sumac Literary Review, as does Frances Boyle; and Renée Sarojini Saklikar is the second in the Canadian Poets series over at Peripety and/or Tronies.

some author activity: Rogal, Collis, Downs + Niespodziany,

Stan Rogal has some poems up at The Pi Review; a poem by Stephen Collis is discussed by Pattie McCarthy, Kate Colby and Lily Applebaum via the Jacket2 podcast PoemTalk; an article (with interview) on Buck Downs' latest project, "The Poet Posting Stickers All Over Washington D.C.," is covered by The Click; and Benjamin Niespodziany is interviewed over at the new podcast We All Speak In Poems.

some author activity: Waldrop, Robertson, Smith, Massey + Poe,

Rosmarie Waldrop's "Inalienable writes (PoemTalk #47)" was recently featured at Jacket2; Lisa Robertson writes on Peter Culley over at Lemonhound; and audio from Robertson's reading in Vancouver on March 19, 2014 at The Western Front is now online at The Capilano Review; Jessica Smith writes on Susan Howe over at Literary Mothers; Karen Massey's "fuse," an erasure poem based on Charles Bukowski’s poem "funhouse," is now online at Bukowski on Wry; and Deborah Poe reviews Meredith Stricker's Mistake over at Jacket2.