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Fusion

Fusion, n. /ˈfjuːʒən/ [< Latin fūsiōn-em , n. of action < fundĕre to pour.]
3a. The union or blending together of different things (whether material or immaterial) as if by melting, so as to form one whole; the result or state of being so blended. Const. into, with. 1776

This new online series features collaborations between Prairie Schooner and interesting, innovative online literary entities from around the world that seek to create dynamic fusions in literature and art.

Poetry News In Review

September 28, 2018

Specimen Days
"Tasting the meats, we imitate your voice / Speaking in flat benign objective tones / The night before you died." - Stephen Spender
World Poetry
George the Poet has said police strip-searched him because officers stereotype black men, lacking any positive interactions with them.
Recent Reviews
Compulsive and Inventive: New Poetry from Nick Laird
Broadsides
“When you write my epitaph,” Elizabeth Bishop told Robert Lowell in 1974, “you must say I was the loneliest person who ever lived.”
Drafts & Fragments
Daft Punk and The Weeknd are reportedly being sued by Somali-American poet Yasminah for ‘ripping off’ her song ‘Hooyo’.
Poetry In The News
American performance poet Danez Smith has won the prestigious Forward Prize for the collection "Don't Call Us Dead.”
New Books
In her arresting collection, urgently for our times, poet Emily Jungmin Yoon confronts the histories of sexual violence against women.
Correspondences
The Force of Poetry Known as Molly Peacock
Envoi: Editor's Notes
"Poetry does not state truth, it states the conditions within which something felt is true."

Briefly Noted

Jennifer S. Deayton on "Swimming in Hong Kong" by Stephanie Han. The collection is, according to Deayton, "More observational than plot-heavy, Han’s stories revolve around characters who find themselves at breaking points both large and small." Click here to read the full review!