I haven't met Ange Mlinko nor heard her read, but like Anselm have followed
the works in the small
presses with some pleasure. The folks in Boston, such as Bill Corbett,
attest that she is the real
deal. The sample below comes from the Hard Press web site.

Ron Silliman
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Ange Mlinko

  The Traveller


If I were writing this on a shaking plane, unsure I'd get to Syracuse alive
would there be meaning in these lines besides the one I'm behind
serving? One eye blind with having nothing to see but polyester seatbacks,
the other at the window casting for a view of earth, brain geometrically
gemmed
on its surface with neon (city's lurid neurons), matched in the mind
of the observer by one inside the body<safer than unseatbelted in a cab
perhaps but try to think of something else, my sister's dirty jokes
about snowstorms men and inches. There's snow in every chainlink at the
padlocked
basketball court and cursive Walgreen's logo, and like the fan in your
waterglass
reduced from fancy restaurant ceiling it seems an illusion, these
propellers on the wings. High wind delayed takeoff, lake effect hits as we
land etc.
I don't think about death except in movie theaters. Now in row 9
last row on the plane which rattles with animadversions to continuing
I watch the shadows differ on the wing. Metal steps I'd want to climb
down to tarmac fit like a cozy backflip inside the exit,
not added on at the end like a hero. Going to the bathroom I saw
the cockpit curtain part and all those gauges exposed in dyed light like a
headbanger's catscan! I wrote this when I wasn't sure I'd live and
writer's block reversed like bicycle pump applied to aneurysm. Inflight
magazine
crossword puzzle filled in, they assigned me to seat E which looks up the
center aisle
if they crash, hammer on the scale, I fly up like the weight that bings the
bell.

 Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 13:46:14 +0100 (BST)
From: [log in to unmask] (Peter Riley)
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Malinko
Message-Id: <v01530502b3f1859982b3@[194.112.54.24]>


Doug Oliver has asked me to pass on a message: that ANGE MALINKO, a
Boston/New York poet, will be in London early January and is asking about
the possibility of a reading. I don't know Malinko's work myself, but
maybe someone else on the list can fill us in, and maybe quote a detail.


Doug is still in hospital but should be out by the end of this week.


/PR



Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 11:50:26 EDT
From: [log in to unmask]
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Subject: Re: Malinko
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It's M L I N K O --

Quite wonderful: Zoland Books has just published her second book,
*Matinees*.
 Details and 2 Amazon.com reviews as follows:

Matinees
by Ange Mlinko

Paperback - 128 pages 1 edition (April 15, 1999)
Zoland Books; ISBN: 1581950055 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.20 x 8.14 x 5.33
$11.95

"Poems marked by energy, wit and formal precision. Matinees is a wonderful
collection of new poems by a very accomplished young poet. While some of the
poems address subjects like fear in an airplane, or the ups and downs of
relationships, all are filled with an abundance of positive energy. Ms.
Mlinko's language manages to be precise and, at the same time, able to bend
and reveal words'unexpected nuances and meanings. While traces of Whitman,
O'Hara and the Beats are lurking here, her voice and sensibility are clearly
her own. These Matinees are well worth the price of admission, and reveal
more with each reading."

Immediate Orgy & Audit
by Ange Mlinko

out of print

"A collection of poems marked by energy and precision of form. Ms. Mlinko's
first collection of published poems is a delight; for a young poet her
mastery of form and precision of language is remarkable. Many of these poems
are set in the city, and give an inside look at the sensations and feelings
of the city-dweller--they're fast, energetic, often propelled by nervous
energy or anxiety. Many recall the poems of Frank O'Hara, and his wonderful
urban discoveries of the 50's. This collection marks the beginning phase of
someone worth watching."

I've been watching out for and hugely enjoying her works in the US little
mag
flora for a couple of years now.

Cheers,

Anselm Hollo








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