How Long Will I Be a Prisoner? On Alison C. Rollins’s “Black Bell”
Diana Arterian reviews Alison C. Rollins’s “Black Bell.”
Diana Arterian is the author of the forthcoming poetry collection Agrippina the Younger (Northwestern University Press/Curbstone, 2025). Her first book, Playing Monster :: Seiche (2017), received a starred review in Publishers Weekly. A poetry editor at Noemi Press, Diana has been recognized for her creative work with fellowships from the Banff Centre, Caldera, Millay Arts, Vermont Studio Center, and Yaddo. Her poetry, nonfiction, criticism, co-translations, and conversations have been featured in BOMB, Brooklyn Rail, Georgia Review, NPR, and The New York Times Book Review, among others. She curates and writes the column The Annotated Nightstand at Lit Hub and lives in Los Angeles.
Diana Arterian reviews Alison C. Rollins’s “Black Bell.”
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Diana Arterian and Andrew Wessels interview each other about their debut books.
Thinking about pain and the body on the occasion of Hillary Gravendyk's birthday, a year after her passing.