Silverfish, by Rone Shavers. Clash Books, September 2020. 114 pages. $14.95, paper. I once translated a highly symbolic story by … More
Category: Reviews & Criticism
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
“What We Were Given”: Darren C. Demaree on COUNT FOUR., a University of Tampa Press poetry collection by Keith Kopka
Count Four., by Keith Kopka. Tampa, Florida: University of Tampa Press, September 2020. 108 pages. $14.00, paper. I grew up … More
HIDING IN A THIMBLE, a HVTN Press debut poetry collection by Roseanna Alice Boswell, reviewed by Erin Carlyle
Hiding in a Thimble, by Roseanna Alice Boswell. HTVN Press, January 2021. £8.99, paper. Roseanna Alice Boswell’s debut collection of … More
SELLING THE FARM, a C&R Press lyric memoir by Debra Di Blasi, reviewed by Aimee Parkison
Selling the Farm, by Debra Di Blasi. C&R Press, September 2020. 148 pages. $18.00, paper. Selling the Farm, winner of … More
Peter Valente on Larry Fagin’s PEACHES & GRAVY: SELECTED POEMS 1966-2016, edited by Miles Champion (Cuneiform)
Peaches & Gravy: Selected Poems 1966-2016, by Larry Fagin (edited by Miles Champion). Victoria, Texas: Cuneiform, November 2020. 204 pages. … More
ISLAND OF THE INNOCENT, Diane Glancy’s Turtle Point Press poetry-hybrid consideration of the Book of Job, reviewed by Dan Alter
Island of the Innocent: A Consideration of the Book of Job, by Diane Glancy. Brooklyn, New York: Turtle Point Press, … More
“Notes on a Procedural Cityscape”: Joshua Rothes’ WE LATER CITIES, an Inside the Castle Castlefreak novel, reviewed by Mike Corrao
We Later Cities, by Joshua Rothes. Lawrence, Kansas: Inside the Castle, November 2020. $17.00, paper. Joshua Rothes becomes the second … More
FABLESQUE, a Tupelo Press poetry-hybrid collection by Anna Maria Hong, reviewed by David Epstein
Fablesque, by Anna Maria Hong. North Adams, Massachusetts: Tupelo Press, September 2020. 69 pages. $17.95, paper. Let’s assume the superlatives … More
Saturday Morning Chapbook: Ryan Bollenbach Monches Mai Ivjfäll’s SICK SONNETS (Radioactive Cloud)
Sick Sonnets, by Mai Ivjfäll. Radioactive Cloud, May 2021. 28 pages. $10.00, handbound limited edition. My immediate connection to Mai … More
“Inside Endless Epidemics in America” – FOUR QUARTETS: POETRY IN THE PANDEMIC, a Tupelo Press anthology edited by Kristina Marie Darling & Jeffrey Levine, reviewed by Amy Strauss Friedman
Four Quartets: Poetry in the Pandemic, edited by Kristina Marie Darling & Jeffrey Levine. North Adams, Massachusetts: Tupelo Press, November … More
IN THE AWAKENING SEASON, a Tupelo Press / Leapfolio poetry collection by Matthew Mumber, reviewed by David Epstein
In the Awakening Season, by Matthew Mumber. North Adams, Massachusetts: Tupelo Press / Leapfolio, September 2020. 72 pages. $17.95, paper. … More