Criticism

I wanted to say I have come home
to bear witness, to read the sign
emblazoned on the church marquee—

We’re at the Potts Mountain Shooting Range
on a hot day in March, blowing ammo,

Don’t make the mistake of calling her
angel or saint. The tremendous broad crowning
Troy’s war monument grips her sword

Here is my solitary city. This island of steel
and avenue. Towers with skeletons of organ

This week they are painting
the North Gulfport water tower.

I should like Kennedy, there’s something about walking past a display lined with copies of True Compass that strikes a sour chord.

The Frankfurt Book Fair bows to Chinese censorship, B&N Review gets redesigned, a single sentence animated, private lives made public, and more.

Israel is Real blowback, authors make it big on HBO, Condé Nast soft-pedals an investigation into Putin, and more.