In Stephen Crane’s poem “In the Desert” an inexplicably naked, bestial creature squats in the desert eating its own heart … More
Tag: Black Ocean
The Self Unstable, by Elisa Gabbert
I’ve come to believe the best kind of book is the kind of book you don’t quite know how to … More
Whittling a New Face in the Dark, by DJ Dolack
“People quot(e) / when their empathy is down,” observes the speaker of “What They Want Me to Tell You.” Never … More
The Next Monsters, a poetry collection by Julie Doxsee, reviewed by David Peak
Doxsee’s poems are shattered mirrors; they are fractured, jagged. If you stare at them long enough, you’ll uncover patterns in … More
Swamp Isthmus, by Joshua Marie Wilkinson
Illuminated by “lampmatch,” Swamp Ithsmus is poems of the inevitability of fleeting encounters in a foggy suburban landscape. Though assuredly … More
The Devotional Poems, by Joe Hall
In his 1961 film Through a Glass Darkly, Ingmar Bergman famously portrayed a god in the form of a spider. … More
The Moon’s Jaw, poetry by Rauan Klassnik, reviewed by Jeremy Behreandt
I’m trying to figure out what they call the synopsis wherein each big event is separated by a dash at … More
Dark Matter, poetry by Aase Berg, reviewed by Jeremy Behreandt
One contracts and soon succumbs to Dark Matter more than one begins to read it; no matter how this review … More
Heavy Feather Review 