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[Apologies for cross-posting. Contributors & subscribers should see copies next week.] T H E G I G # 7 (November 2000) The latest issue of _The Gig_ is now available. It contains poetry by Karen Mac Cormack, Keston Sutherland, Rae Armantrout, Peter Larkin, Dorothy Trujillo Lusk, Catherine Wagner, Christine Stewart, Andrew Brewerton, Steve Benson & Ken Edwards; a letter from J.H. Prynne to Steve McCaffery; and reviews by Nate Dorward & David Kennedy of books by Kenny Goldsmith, Stacy Doris, Tim Davis, Simon Perchik & Brian Kim Stefans. Prynne's letter is a critical commentary on the poetry of _In the American Tree_ and the theoretical and polemical writings associated with _L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E_ magazine. It first appeared in altered form with its addressee given as "Ashley Hayles" in _Language Issue_ #1 ([1991]). McCaffery's (poetic) response, "A Belated Reply to H.J. Prynne", appeared in _The Gig_ 6. _The Gig_ appears three times a year; it publishes new poetry & criticism from the US, Canada, UK & Ireland. Backissues are still available, notably #4/5, a 232pp perfectbound collection of essays on the work of the UK poet Peter Riley by Peter Middleton, Peter Larkin, Mark Morrisson, Nigel Wheale et al. Regular issues are 60-64pp chapbooks: see the website at http://www.geocities.com/ndorward/ for details. * Rates for all issues EXCEPT #4/5: within Canada: single issue: $6 Cdn (institutions $10); 3-issue subscription (or set of 3 backissues): $15 (institutions $30). US subscription (or set of 3 backissues): $13 US (institutions $25 US). Overseas subscription (or 3 backissues): 8 pounds (institutions 16 pounds). For issue #4/5 (The Poetry of Peter Riley): in Canada, $20 Cdn (institutions $40); to US, $15 US (institutions $30 US); overseas: 10 pounds surfacemail, 12 pounds airmail (institutions: 20 pounds). All prices include postage. Make cheques out to "Nate Dorward". Write to: Nate Dorward, 109 Hounslow Ave., Willowdale, Ontario, M2N 2B1, Canada; e-mail: <[log in to unmask]>. Copies may be obtained within the UK through Peter Riley (Books), 27 Sturton Street, Cambridge, CB1 2QG; e-mail: <[log in to unmask]>. * Separately available is _The Topological Shovel_, a set of four essays by Allen Fisher in workbook format, 52pp. Prices: $12 Cdn; $9.50 US; 6.50 pounds UK/overseas (all prices include postage). * Issue #7 has as always an array of notes about contemporary poetry on the last page (this issue contains notes tracing sources in Prynne, Olson, J. Riley, S. Howe, Watten, Crozier & Celan). Listmembers are welcome to write me (backchannel) with notes; contributors of any notes that I end up using will receive a free issue of the magazine. * Nate & Jane Dorward [log in to unmask] THE GIG magazine: http://www.geocities.com/ndorward/ 109 Hounslow Ave., Willowdale, ON, M2N 2B1, Canada ph: (416) 221 6865