Born in Mexico in 1974, former New York City taxi driver Sean Singer recalls his time behind the wheel in … More
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BED, a poetry collection by Elizabeth Metzger, reviewed by Ben Tripp
The fundamental operation of Elizabeth Metzger’s new short poetry collection Bed is a careful reduction: the mortar of her true … More
“Stubborn Laughter”: Robert Dunsdon Reviews THE MANY DEATHS OF INOCENCIO RODRIGUEZ by Iliana Rocha
Some poor fellow jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge. “Mid-air,” says Iliana Rocha, “his bones split & feathered—he was lightness. … More
“The Field of What Is Unsaid”: A Review of Lisa Hiton’s AFTERFEAST by Hannah Riffell
Longing is universal, and heartbreak is as common as the cold, as any scanning of the literary canon will reveal. … More
“Polarities of Love”: A Review of THE PACT, poems by Jennifer Militello, by Aline Soules
Love. How does it manifest itself? How many kinds are there? What are its extremes? With The Pact, Jennifer Militello … More
“Whispering Dominium”: Witness and Want in Corey Van Landingham’s LOVE LETTER TO WHO OWNS THE HEAVENS
Lately, I have been searching for acknowledgment. I have been studying the genesis of Western universalisms, identifying the need to … More
GLASS BIKINI, a new poetry collection by Kristin Bock, reviewed by Michael Kleiza
To enter Kristin Bock’s world is to fall off a precipice, get sucked into a black hole of the weird, … More
“Inventory of Doubt”: A Reflection on Form and Complex Language in Landon Godfrey’s INVENTORY OF DOUBTS
Landon Godfrey is it treat to the poet who likes to read the comical and the complex. But for this … More
“Cloud-bellies Full of Virgin Birds”: Arturo Desimone Reviews TENSION : RUPTURE, poetry by Cutter Streeby, paintings by Michael Haight
In the prologue to Tension : Rupture poet Cutter Streeby admits to the unpredicted challenges of collaboration between two artists … More
“Promise Me Home”: Tiffany Troy in Conversation with Naoko Fujimoto about Her Newest Poetry Collection GLYPH
Naoko Fujimoto was born and raised in Nagoya, Japan. She is the author of Where I Was Born (Willow Publishing, … More
“An Examination of My Mother’s Life through the Poetry of Nehassaiu deGannes”: MUSIC FOR EXILE Reviewed by Byron Armstrong
Read aloud, Nehassaiu deGannes’ new book of poetry, Music for Exile, might sound like my grandmother crooning lullabies to the … More
NEMEROV’S DOOR, an essay collection by Robert Wrigley, reviewed by Francesca Moroney
I’ve come to contemporary poetry late in my life. Just a few years shy of half a decade, I began … More