Martha Sprackland
ANATOLI BUGORSKI
after the Russian scientist who in 1974 survived
200,000 rads through his head in a particle accelerator...
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Friday Pick: The Hotel Oneira
August Kleinzahler's latest poems are exquisite noir, peopled with nighthawk narrators who feast on the Lo Mein of pugnacity and despair, listening to a jukebox bubbling bebop, Bach, Whitney Houston and scratchy recordings of Basil Bunting and Vachel Lindsay.
Friday Pick: Two Young British Poets
Debut collections and Friday Picks: Kirsten Irving's "Never Never Never Come Back" and Emily Berry's "Dear Boy" are recommended reading.