Edward Foster, in his new book of poems A Looking-Glass for Traytors, explores the nature of desire and memory, risking … More
Category: Reviews & Criticism
Esteban Rodríguez on THE TENANT OF FIRE, an award-winning University of Pittsburgh Press Press poetry collection by Ryan Black
The Tenant of Fire, by Ryan Black. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: University of Pittsburgh Press, September 2019. 88 pages. $17.00, paper. The … More
Book Review by Shannon Nakai: “Life, Language, and the [Im]permanence of Being in Dora Malech’s FLOURISH”
Flourish, by Dora Malech. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Mellon University Press, February 2020. 96 pages. $15.95, paper. In her fourth collection … More
THE PART THAT BURNS, a Split/Lip Press memoir in fragments by Jeannine Ouellette, reviewed by Lisa Elaine Low
The Part That Burns, by Jeannine Ouellette. Split/Lip Press, February 2021. 172 pages. $16.00, paper. This beautifully written book feels … More
Naya Clark on Kim Chinquee’s SNOWDOG, a Ravenna Press flash fiction collection
SNOWDOG, by Kim Chinquee. Edmonds, Washington: Ravenna Press, January 2021. 80 pages. $13.95, paper. At the crux of many people … More
I AM THIS STATE OF EMERGENCY, a debut poetry collection by Robin Myrick, reviewed by Janet Sarbanes (Surveyor Books)
I AM THIS STATE OF EMERGENCY, by Robin Myrick. Dallas, Texas: Surveyor Books, August 2020. 152 pages. $17.00, paper. In … More
GOLDEN GATE JUMPER SURVIORS SOCIETY, a 7.13 Books fiction collection by Ross Wilcox, reviewed by Rachel Rueckert
Golden Gate Jumper Survivors Society, by Ross Wilcox. Brooklyn Heights, New York: 7.13 Books, August 2020. 150 pages. $18.99, paper. Ross … More
HECK, TEXAS, an Atlatl Press travelogue by Tex Gresham, reviewed by Eric Aldrich
Heck, Texas, by Tex Gresham. Dayton, Ohio: Atlatl Press, August 2020. 140 pages. $12.95, paper. “I’ll start my review of … More
Saturday Morning Chapbook: Ryan Bollenbach on Jake Syersak’s VORTEX(T) (COAST|noCOAST)
VORTEX(T), by Jake Syersak. COAST|noCOAST, 2020. $10.00, paper. Was William Wordsworth a Terminator sent back to the 18th century by … More
Mike Corrao’s Notes on the Authorial Flux of SWERVE: A NOVEL OF DIVERGENCE by Vincent James, McCormick Templeman, & Rowland Saifi
Swerve: A Novel of Divergence, by Vincent James, McCormick Templeman, & Rowland Saifi. Vermillion, South Dakota: Astrophil Press, February 2021. … More
“Angel Gone Rogue”: SILVERFISH, a Clash Books novella by Rone Shavers, reviewed by Moazzam Sheikh
Silverfish, by Rone Shavers. Clash Books, September 2020. 114 pages. $14.95, paper. I once translated a highly symbolic story by … More
THE AGE OF DISCOVERY, the ninth poetry collection by Alan Michael Parker, reviewed by David Epstein (Tupelo Press)
The Age of Discovery, by Alan Michael Parker. North Adams, Massachusetts: Tupelo Press, October 2020. 78 pages. $18.95, paper. Pick … More
