The opening essay waits 'til the second paragraph to refer to Barthes; the closing essay cites Derrida & Baudrillard. In between, the poetry is polished clean, but not as difficult as the bracketing erudition might have suggested. Many are almost anecdotal, if fragmented. I appreciated again Charles Bernstein's humor, and wanted to get the whole of Myung Mi Kim's "Bounty", portions of which appear in BLACK BREAD as well as here. Translations from Blaise Cendrars & Appollinaire, too.--luigi
This review originally appeared in TapRoot Reviews #2,
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