At its core, poetry seeks to examine the relationship between things, and although there are many ways in which poets … More
Tag: Tupelo Press
Noreen Hernandez Reviews Carol Ann Davis’ essays on art, violence, and childhood: THE NAIL IN THE TREE from Tupelo Press
About twenty years ago, I felt buried under the usual family problems that most people face. I complained to my … More
WHAT COULD BE SAVED, bookmatched novellas and stories excerpt, by Gregory Spatz
For a time—ninth grade, some of tenth—he’d lost himself in music. Listening, playing along to songs on the stereo, … More
“How Hazel Tried to Kill the One Good Thing,” an excerpt from the novel HAZEL by David Huddle
Hazel never completely moved into Forrest’s apartment. She kept paying her rent in graduate housing, but she left more … More
WINTERING, a hybrid poetry collection by Megan Snyder-Camp, reviewed by Dan Alter
More poets seem drawn each year to some version of the genre called “hybrid,” and Wintering by Megan Snyder-Camp is … More
ORDINARY MISFORTUNES, a poetry chapbook by Emily Jungmin Yoon, reviewed by Callista Buchen
Chosen by Maggie Smith as the winner of Tupelo Press’ Sunken Garden Poetry Prize, Emily Jungmin Yoon’s chapbook Ordinary Misfortunes … More
WALKING BACKWARDS, a poetry collection by Lee Sharkey, reviewed by Toti O’Brien
On the cover of Lee Sharkey’s Walking Backwards, an anonymous oil painting—“Pogroms”, circa 1915. A long line of people crosses … More
This, being absorbed: Gale Marie Thompson’s SOLDIER ON
“I only wanted for to see / the spectral light,” writes Gale Marie Thompson in her first collection of glistening … More
THE WELL SPEAKS OF ITS OWN POISON, by Maggie Smith
The Japanese fairy tales I remember from childhood involve infertility. Often there was a kind old woman and an equally … More
Review: Long Division, by Alan Michael Parker
The title of Alan Michael Parker’s most recent collection, Long Division, reveals a dialogic tension that the twenty-first century poet … More
