Category: Reviews & Criticism
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Alissa Nutting Looks Back on 2011
Looking back on 2011, here are some things I particularly enjoyed during the year: Poetry Heart First Into the Forest, Stacy Gnall (Alice James Books) Wrenching yet beautiful, at times even sweet in the most glorious, painful sense. Imagine watching, in hi-def slow motion, a future race of twelve foot tall albino supermodels engaged in…
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Review: Cruelty, by Jonathan Podoga
Cruelty, by Jonathan Podoga, is no exception to the Splitleaves Press‘ aesthetic of making beautiful books. It’s a twenty-four page chapbook, printed on heavy paper. The cover and back are flecked and a pleasure to rub. It’s bound by thin string that reminds me of fishing wire. The cover contains a minimalist black and white photograph of a bed.…
Heavy Feather Review 