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Happy Birthday, Arthur! The Drunken Boat takes its title from Arthur Rimbaud’s “Le bateau ivre.” Rimbaud was born October 20, 1854. To read the complete poem in English translation.

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E- Interview So I try to make my art from humble origins and humble daily practice, nevertheless believing completely that the path of poetry is one of the ten thousand paths to the Buddha, and that the practice of poetry itself is entirely sufficient in and of itself. I am a tireless student of the Way of Poetry. I’ve always loved Gary Snyder’s remark, ‘as a poet, I hold the most archaic values on earth.’ An e-interview with Sam Hamill. By Rebecca Seiferle. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Responses September 11, 2001. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Online This site is dedicated to all who translate poetry or enjoy poetry in languages in which they are not fluent. Brindin Press is a partnership. . . we set up the website in October 2000. The translations come partly from published works, and most publishers are very happy to work with us, and partly from unpublished enthusiasts who in our view deserve to be published! By Brian Cole. started in September 1999 as a small, occasional online magazine for up-and-coming fiction writers and poets. The magazine soon expanded to include reviews, interviews, and other features. An introduction to an exciting site of Canadian literature. By Michael Bryson. The Transverse Review of Books began as nostalgia. I missed the sense of literary community and the heated oral exchanges that characterized Box 749 Magazine during the seventies– the heyday of the little-magazine movement. Far into the night we debated the aesthetics of submitted poems and stories. More than thirty years later, I still wish that we had published a poem by John Burnett Payne that gave to tugboats (which are traditionally named for their owners’ wives, mothers, and sisters) the names of women poets: ‘The Amy Lowell.’ ‘The Elinor Wylie.’ ‘The Emily Dickinson.’ But that was a battle I lost. By Patricia Eakins. – – – – – – – – – – – – Continuing Features We are pleased to announce the latest from Archipelago which includes, among many riches, A suite of poems complex and ironic, by the Romanian poet, professor, swimmer, and generally remarkable personage Mihai Ursachi, should acquaint us with a poet not well-enough known in America, who is his country’s nominee for the Nobel Prize in literature. ‘What crazy words I used to speak, oh, I wanted / to be sure that we existed, that truly we are: that here, / here is a tree, or a pillar, and we’re standing beside it, alive.’ By Katherine McNamara. – – – – – – – – – – – – Safe Harbors The Psychoanalytic Experience: Analysands Speak An anthology of client voices for the purpose of exploring the relationship that exists between therapist and client and for documenting client accounts of their experiences in therapy. The journal, which might act as an archive, is an open book that accepts new material around the clock. All forms of writing are welcome —poem, essay, memoir, non-fiction fragment and diary —from emerging and experienced writers. By Esther Altshul Helfgott.