Mipoesias: December 2008

by Didi Menendez (Editor), Robert W. Walker, Kathryn Koromilas

Volume 22, Issue 8 edited by Didi Menendez and designed by I.M. Bess.

Genres: Poetry

102 pages, Paperback

First published November 24, 2008

About the author

Didi Menendez publishes, paints, and parents.

Reviews

[Emma · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great read, and an ultra-fine looking publication. I loved reading the Q&As featuring long time favorite poets, such as Denise Duhamel and Kim Addonizio, as well as poets who I recently discovered, like Oliver de la Paz and Adam Fieled. The suite of poems by Terrance Hayes - amazing. Made me want to get back to writing my own poems. I especially appreciate finding work in a magazine that inspires me. Andrew Demcak's and Bob Hicok's poems were also excellent, among many others. In fact, I believe Hicok was just tapped as a recipient for the NEA grant this year (Go Bob!). More evidence that fine poets publish online and in print. MiPO has long done both.

[Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another winner, Didi! Super job all the way around: great writing/poetry, interviews, and photographs! Yay!

[Diana · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best, always the best.

[Collin Kelley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another brilliant and sexy edition of MiPO with some of the best (and most foxy) writers to be found. That cover photo of Matthew Hittinger alone is worth the price of admission.

[Grady · Rating 5 out of 5]

Didi Menedez's 'My Poets'

Anytime readers get the opportunity to read the sophisticated and highly polished poetry of Matthew Hittinger is a delight. In this series of publications devoted to new poetry and articles analyzing and commenting on poetry with accompanying interviews with the poets themselves published by the very talented Didi Menendez, this issue is a particularly fine one.

Gracing the cover of this edition is the model handsome Matthew Hittinger and inside the book is a terrific introduction to the mind and talent of this young New York poet. In addition to the exceptional works by Hittinger are poems by an array of gifted writers, few of them writing in the 'traditional sense' but instead combining creative visual presentation of their words to make artistic wholes.

MiPOesias continues to present fresh and invigorating publications that, when combined with the magazine O&S published by the same team, secures the position at the top of the heap of contributors to the vitality of the arts in America. Read this issue for Matthew Hittinger's work and become addicted to this periodical. Grady Harp

[Dan]

Striking layout with content to savor. The cover is beautiful and the poetry, sexy.

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

To me, literary is synonymous with sexy-- so this is perfect!

[Psychophant · Rating 3 out of 5]

I probably should not rate this electronic book, because I am not its target audience. I do have trouble with poetry in my own language, in English it just usually slides off me. So the bulk of the contributions just do not move me.

What I liked, and I would like to see more of, unlikely though it may seem in a book named "My Poetries", are the short stories. The short story is not doing well, in publishing terms. Quite far from that often heralded death, but still not doing well. It is noce to see such a fine examples here.

Now I have to check the other issues, again more for the prose than the poetry.

[Tara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome! My first time reading MiPOesias -- I liked it so much that I bought a paper copy online. The formatting is beautiful, the interviews spunky and fun, and the poetry just downright incredible. Bob Hicok is one of my favorite poets and Terrance Hayes quite frankly blew me out of the water (Ooo, and isn't *he* handsome!!)

[Elijah Meeks · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is great and proves that poets should stick to essays and essayists should stick to poets.