Tag: Spork Press

  • “Escape from Freedom”: Vincent James Perrone Reviews Pilot, a debut collection of poetry by Danika Stegeman LeMay

    “Escape from Freedom”: Vincent James Perrone Reviews Pilot, a debut collection of poetry by Danika Stegeman LeMay

    “In the name of ‘freedom’ life loses all structure; it is composed of many little pieces, each separate from the other and lacking any sense as a whole. The individual is left alone with these pieces like a child with a puzzle”—Erich Fromm Body and Machine The text begins at the body—the B-o-d-i-e-s—the individual you…

  • OPERATING SYSTEMS, a poetry collection by Joe Pan, reviewed by Eric Aldrich

    OPERATING SYSTEMS, a poetry collection by Joe Pan, reviewed by Eric Aldrich

    The title of the Joe Pan’s poetry collection, Operating Systems, refers to the operating systems underpinning society, from the interpersonal to the international, as well as the operating systems of poetry. The collection is divided into four sections of five to seven poems each, and a long prose poem that constitutes all of section five.…

  • Review: ANIMAL collection, by Colin Winnette

    Review: ANIMAL collection, by Colin Winnette

    Instead of speaking about the trunk of an elephant or the way an elephant moves, Colin Winnette begins his story by reminding the reader “an elephant never forgets,” but gives the common aphorism a sinister angle: Never owe an ELEPHANT money. It will make a point of humiliating you. It will find you on public…