My Trip to New York City

Luoma, Bill

The Figures

Swoon Rocket

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Small Pr Distribution

New Mannerist Tricycle

Smith, Rod

Jarnot, Lisa

Beautiful Swimmer Press

<p>Poetry. In SOME MATH, the syncopations of poetry meet the (ir)regularity of mathematical equations. Consider the "story problems" of high school math class. When encountering the word "and," replace it with the addition symbol "+." When encountering the word "of," replace it with the multiplication symbol "x." Now reverse the process. The result is a series of sound poems that both employ and interrogate the global language of systems and networks. Astrophysics. Computer science. Short tetrameters. Long dactyls. 9/11. US military strategy. The energy pathways of acupuncture. The fish ladders of Gmail. The wires and electrodes of torture. The swirling products of global capital. Mathematician Benjamin Pierce called his field "the science that draws necessary conclusions." You do the math.</p>

Some Math

Kenning Editions

<p>Poetry. "Bill Luoma writes like an anchorman, not so much an 'insider' as a glider on the minimalist way of expressing being alive in groups with a purpose (the team). Once the purpose has been established, a tighter focus begins to take over, the love of women, or narrating Douglas, Bill's friend. Not since Bob Glück and Bruce Boone's camraderie in the 70s have there been such a literary buddy's movie as this. It's sketchy, and knowing and gleeful. Not since Thoreau has someone I know suggested that everything counts and then gone to work, wherever"—Eileen Myles.</p>

Works & Days

Hard Press

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