This, the 7th Housedeer, presented in book form, contains a lengthy interview with poets and artists Steve Dalachinsky and Yuko Otomo in New York. It’s a wonderful, timeless conversation with an introduction by Yuko. Everyone who knew Steve will no doubt be able to hear his voice coming off the pages. For anyone who did not know him, his voice comes through just as clearly and just as Steve.
The poems in The Language of Weather by the Australian-Sinto Gypsy poet Lee Fuhler were written between 1995 and 2024, and this is his first book published in the United States. Lee grew up in Melbourne, where sometime around the start of the new century he met and befriended the artist Vali Myers, who had been given a copy of his book, Dogstown. She became a great supporter of his work, publishing one of his collections herself, and lines of his poetry decorate some of her later diaries, which are held in the collection of the State Library Victoria and can be accessed online.