James Hatch
James Hatch's work has been published in a number of journals, including The Yale Review, Southwest Review, Kenyon Review, Nimrod and Partisan Review. His first book, The Green Behind Every Shape, was published by Somerset Hall Press (Boston). He lives and works in New York City.
Reading List
Archive: The First War
Across the bomb-crater marsh Insignia, bayonets faintly flash, Privative buckles pinch spirited flesh. Men grip their guns like the golden bough, Under fire scatter or flow. Tired boots through gravel and bone plow. The officers shout out their paces Over …
Bucharest, 1945
1. Master of ceremonies, hack actor With red wig and smudged rouge, Declaiming with ample spittle how Corpses were displayed in butcher shops, Laid on the racks. The chorus of churls Mimics heroically drunk and questing Brass bands and flags. …