{"id":13085,"date":"2020-09-28T15:43:23","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T20:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/?p=13085"},"modified":"2020-09-28T15:43:25","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T20:43:25","slug":"hank-lazers-covid19-sutras-reviewed-at-tears-in-the-fence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/announcements\/hank-lazers-covid19-sutras-reviewed-at-tears-in-the-fence\/","title":{"rendered":"Hank Lazer&#8217;s COVID19 SUTRAS reviewed at Tears in the Fence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/shop\/covid19-sutras\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12966\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/?attachment_id=12966\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sutras-cover500.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,784\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sutras-cover500\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sutras-cover500-191x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sutras-cover500.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-12966 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sutras-cover500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sutras-cover500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sutras-cover500-400x627.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sutras-cover500-191x300.jpg 191w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a>Ian Brinton reviews Hank Lazers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/shop\/covid19-sutras\">COVID19SUTRAS<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/tearsinthefence.com\/2020\/09\/07\/covid-19-sutras-by-hank-lazar-lavender-ink-new-orleans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Tears in the Fence.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>What was immediately recognised by Rae Armantrout when commenting on the importance of this collection of poems was that it \u2018brings us the news in the way that 18th century ballad broadsides did to Londoners\u2019:<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Quatrain by quatrain, Lazer sings the present world, its viruses (covid and structural racism), and its beauties (animals, friendship, the shape of a sentence).\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Just as Hank Lazer\u2019s earlier collection had presented the reader with the poem radiating outward this new collection offers us a world in which<\/p>\n<p>\u2018each day is<br \/>rich<br \/>in its<br \/>specifics\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ian Brinton reviews Hank Lazers COVID19SUTRAS at Tears in the Fence. 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