[New-Poetry] One Sentence Review

[jforjames at aol.com]

http://www.michiganquarterlyreview.com/2010/10/the-one-sentence-review/

The One Sentence Review

A few years ago, the poet D.A. (Doug) Powell and I, in a fit of industry, embarked upon a project called The One Sentence Review.  This was our call for submissions:

“Have you ever wanted to review a new book of poetry, but you felt like you might not have enough to say?  The One Sentence Review doesn’t need you to blather on and on about how life-affirming or ground-breaking or challenging or redemptive each book is.  On the contrary, we want the true essence of the book, cooked down into one encapsulating, qualitative, complete thought.  Or less.”

I think we had both grown weary of the blowsy logrolling, and blogrolling, and wanted a little concision.  Something along the lines of Weldon Kees’s infamous snippy bit on Muriel Rukeyser’s Wake Island:  “There’s one thing you can say about Muriel: she’s not lazy.”

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