Brian Foley has had poems appear or are forthcoming in Typo, Fou, Glitterpony, No Tell Motel, Sixth Finch, and others. He edits SIR! Magazine and w...
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May 14, 2010
Mark
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i was actually at a bad poetry reading and saw this little book lying on the shelf, and picked it up and read it during the reading. i was also extremely, apocalyptically hungover and this book kept me glued to the real. foley's mystical little images chirp and sing like burning insects. i also like how they are anchored to familiar subjects like honesty and loneliness and history and rhetoric. i already obsess over these themes, so seeing them exploded into sharp & beautiful lyrics is all i hav
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May 19, 2010
Eric
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Brave Men Press continues to make gorgeous chap books. The Black Eye is filled with short, precise poems that estrange and challenge a narrative grounding that seems to hide in the margins of each piece.
I am jealous of the beauty and destructive force of "Black Pullet."
I am jealous of the beauty and destructive force of "Black Pullet."
May 14, 2010
Dara
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I have read Brian Foley's THE BLACK EYE and I am very glad I did and I will read it again and I will give it to other people to read and I'll be glad thinking of them reading the spare accuracies these poems deliver.
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Jul 14, 2010
Jeremiah
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Aptly named, The Black Eye is not the impact writing of shock for shock's sake, but rather an exploration of the dark colors of the aftermath. It hangs around to document what happens after the punch- the sulking moods, settings, actions, tinted purple, yellow, and blue. Foley presents a writing that is sparse, sometimes grotesque, and contains a powerfully emotional core. In short, this is what happens when the writer's blood is brought simmering to the surface. Unsettling and beautiful all at
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