Brief Nudity, by Larry O. Dean

The effect of brief nudity depends on the context. Sometimes, it’s sensual; sometimes, it’s embarrassing; sometimes, it’s funny. No matter … More

You Good Thing, by Dara Wier

Reading Dara Wier’s You Good Thing, I felt “physically as if the top of my head were taken off,” not … More

Direct and accessible, the poems in When Kerosene’s Involved blaze with memory. As the title suggests, fire is a common … More

As I read Michael Lynch’s Underlife and Portico, I kept thinking about what another poet once told me: “Seamus Heaney’s … More

The poems in Dorothea Lasky’s Thunderbird have two faces: “One side [is] normal,” but “[t]he other side [is] cut into, … More

The poems in Adam Clay’s A Hotel Lobby at the Edge of the World listen for clarity in the constant … More