SMOKEPENNY GOES TO DETROIT

Grateful to Three Fold Press of Detroit for publishing “The Upper Portion of Liberty,” an act of "SMOKEPENNY LYRICHORD HEAVENBRED; Or, Past years / By constant penetration / Encroaching on the reserve" thinking about Emma Lazarus, Stephen Miller, and the many workers responsible for Lady Liberty herself through the brutal telegraph codebook language of the early 20th century (a page of which appears below). The link will also lead you to poetry by Nathaniel Mackey, Norman Fischer, Aaron Shurin, and Stacy Szymaszek - thanks to Chris Tysh for editing!