Observatory

Views on Books & Poems from The Poets Corner

Book Reviews

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The Empire of Being Alive | Bruce Spang
The Empire of Being Alive | Bruce Spang

“Lyrical and unafraid, The New Economy invites us to name our fears and sorrows, to write to who or what has left us, to create practices that can hold both the darkness and light of this (in)finite life.”

Poet Bruce Spang reviews Gabrielle Calvocoressi’s latest book, The New Economy published by Copper Canyon Press, 2025. Spang challenges his own feelings about gender fluidity and examines (and releases) preconceived ideas about writing and identity, and steps into the “empire of being”.

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To the Point and Back:
Swimming Poems

Episode 8 features Meg Weston and Margaret A. Haberman, both of The Poets Corner. Margaret reads “The Redemption Center” and Meg reads “The Island in the Middle” from Margaret and Meg’s collection, To the Point and Back: Swimming Poems.

Poetry Medicine for the Soul is a podcast inviting poets to share and examine their work, produced and moderated by John Gillespie.

Interviews

Celebrating National Poetry Month 2025

Episode 32 features Meg Weston reading poems by Aimee Nezhukumatathil “When You are Near, I Turn into a Baja Fairyduster” and “What I Learned in Greenland.” Meg and John then discuss the question: What brings you joy?

Poetry Medicine for the Soul is a podcast inviting poets to share and examine their work, produced and moderated by John Gillespie.