When is art like poetry? Well, actually, art is a lot like poetry, says art critic and poet Bill Berkson. He expresses his ideas about art in Sudden Address: Selected Lectures 1981-2006, published by Cuneiform Press.

On the copyright page in the back of The Draped Universe by Deborah Meadows (Belladonna* #98) is a note which reads in part, “Belladonna* is a reading and publication series that promotes the work of women writers who are adventurous, experimental, politically involved…delicious to talk about, unpredictable, dangerous with language.”