JASON TANDON

The Monster Loves His Labyrinth

jtandon — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:17:37 +0000

My review of Charles Simic’s The Monster Loves His Labyrinth (one of Ausable Press’s final titles) was recently published by Rattle. To read the review click here.

The Greasy Puppeteer

jtandon — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:52:04 +0000

The Madison Review has revamped their website, including an archive of previous issues. My thanks to the editors for choosing my poem “To Dance with the Greasy Puppeteer” as the feature poem from the Fall 2007 issue. To read the poem click the image above. To purchase a copy of Give over the Heckler and Everyone Gets Hurt, the collection in which this poem appears, click the image below.

Give over the Heckler and Everyone Gets Hurt (2009)

Hand-set, letterpress-printed, four-deckle, two-color broadsheet

jtandon — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:31:23 +0000

My thanks to David McNamara, editor of sunnyoutside, who has published my poem “Podunk” as a limited edition broadsheet. If interested in a copy, click the image above. If interested in a copy of Give over the Heckler and Everyone Gets Hurt, the collection in which this poem appears, please click the image below. My thanks again for all of your support.

Give over the Heckler and Everyone Gets Hurt (2009)

New Review in Pleiades

jtandon — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:01:17 +0000

The new issue of Pleiades is out with poems by Mike White, J. Allyn Rosser, Martha Collins, G. C. Waldrep, Jim Daniels, Rusty Morrison, Andrea Baker, David Wagoner, Joshua Kryah, and Bruce Bond; fiction by Amina Gautier, Christine Sneed, Richard Burgin, & Gary Fincke; essays by Amy Benson, Melissa Kwasny, & Sarah Gorham; and a folio of Arabic poetry in translation featuring poems by Adonis, Ashur Etwebi, Ghassan Zaqtan, Amjad Nasser, Asmaa Azaizeh, & Dalia Taha (translations by Fady Joudah, Khaled Mattawa, & Rasheeda Plenty); and my review of Sandra Beasley’s I Was the Jukebox, winner of the 2009 Barnard Women Poets Prize.

Salamander’s New Website

jtandon — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:24:43 +0000

The editors over at Salamander have posted excerpts from their Winter 2010/2011 issue including my poem “Alarm,” which is forthcoming in my latest collection Quality of Life (due out in 2013 from Black Lawrence Press). To read the poem click here.

Sugar House Review

jtandon — Sun, 22 May 2011 12:30:50 +0000

My poem “Reception” appears in the latest issue of the Sugar House Review, along with work by Joshua Marie Wilkinson, Charles Harper Webb, Steven D. Schroeder, Alison Pelegrin, Greg Pape, Dawn Lonsinger, Rob Cook, an Rafael Campo, among many others. My thanks again to the editors for their selection.

National Poetry Month Spotlight

jtandon — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 14:11:37 +0000

My poem “Nightcap” (originally appearing in Poet Lore) was recently featured on Black Lawrence Press’s National Poetry Spotlight with a brief interview. To read both click here.

Gulf Stream

jtandon — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 22:40:36 +0000

The latest issue of Gulf Stream Magazine is out with a variety poems, fiction, and non-fiction, including an interview with Edwidge Danticat. My thanks again to the editors for publishing my poem “On Turning Thirty-Four.”

Passages North

jtandon — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:51:52 +0000

The new issue of Passages North is out (Volume 32, Number 1) with work by Traci Brimhall, Nick Courtright, Rebecca Morgan Frank, Frank Giampietro, Bob Hicok, Dawn Lonsinger, Matthew Thorburn, Lili Wright, and many others. My thanks again to the editors for publishing my poem “Neighbors.”

Notre Dame Review

jtandon — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 02:37:38 +0000

The new issue of the Notre Dame Review is out with work by John Ashbery, Yves Bonnefoy, Sandra Kohler, Colette, Inez, Rebecca Morgan Frank, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Leslie Ann Miller, Gary Soto, Marcela Sulak, and David Wojahn. My thanks to the editors for including my poems “Mugging” and “History.”