Two Readings by Nick Flynn at Suffolk, Feb 3, 2016
Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016, Nick Flynn will be at Suffolk University with two scheduled events. From 3:30-5 p.m. in the Suffolk University Poetry Center (73 Tremont Street, Boston, the Sawyer…
The Tennis Ball
When I return to the dog, the first thing I see is the teeth. And then the dog disappears. But the teeth remain. Bared. Bereft of dog. The bared…
The Hooligan Present
Simon Bettendorf, a motor-mouth grill cook and chronic history major, had no intention of taking up with a Lead Belly’s server or helping her mother to die, but he…
RadioStay: Stay by Kathleen McGookey (Press 53, 2015); Radioland by Lesley Wheeler (Barrow Street Press, 2015)
Radioland, by Lesley Wheeler, and Stay, by Kathleen McGookey, are new books by two poets who appeared together in the spring 2014 issue of Salamander. Their collections, as in…
In Motion: Not So Ill with You and Me by Fani Papageorgiou (Shearsman Books, 2015)
Fani Papageorgiou’s newest collection of poems, Not So Ill with You and Me, is composed of four long, fragmentary poems. The book takes its title from the last sentence…
Our Sorrow and Our Love Move into a Foreign Language: Constantine Cavafy, Jacqueline Kahanoff, and Ahmed Rassim
Last October I spent some time on the Greek island of Andros, two hours east by ferry from the mainland. It seemed the right place to re-immerse myself in…
Finding Dashwani
Ok. I killed Dashwani. There is no argument or mitigation. I took the toss from O’Conn, a perfect little underhand flip, put my foot on second, cut a neat…
Second Eden
1841 It is evening by the time you arrive at Second Eden: the sun has just set, and there is a nip in the air that presages the autumn…
New Submissions Period
Our new submission period opens October 1st (and goes through April 30th). We're looking forward to it.
Salamander/Draft Reading at Porter Square Books, Sept. 14, 7 p.m., Porter Square Books, Cambridge
Salamander's upcoming reading features Derek JG Williams (poetry) and Peter Brown (the poetry of Emmanuel Merle in translation). Derek JG Williams is an MFA candidate at UMass Boston, where he…
New Issue’s Here
Salamander #40 is here--in the mail to subscribers and available at selected bookstores. We wish you great summer reading, and feel free to be in touch with us either by…