For a New Urbanism

Recent poems and translations by the author of Word Toys: Poetry and Technics (University of Alabama, 2017) and What is Said to the Poet Concerning Flowers (Factory School, 2006) among other books of poetry and prose. Stefans is also the creator of “The Dreamlife of Letters” and other digital texts that can be viewed on arras.net. Previous appearances of some of these poems: “Tossed Episteme” in Dusie; “Oi! Toy” and “Walkabout” in Vlak; “Mediation in Steam” in Lana Turner; parts of “Mediation in Steam” in BAX 2015: Best American Experimental Writing; “Hello World” in Delivered By Drones; “Two Lazy Poems,” “Sentence” and “Reading at Marjorie Perloff’s” in Westwind, “Rimbaud in Charlesville” in Drunken Boat. Brian Kim Stefans is an Associate Professor of English at UCLA where he teaches literature, digital media and screenplay studies.