Jennifer Nelson’s third book, Harm Eden, is a warning. Composed largely in short free verse containers, Harm Eden’s exigency is … More
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“Buoyant Also”: Liana Jahan Imam on Aisha Sasha John’s TO STAND AT THE PRECIPICE ALONE AND REPEAT WHAT IS WHISPERED
Aisha Sasha John’s most recent chapbook begins with a short page that might double as scrolling titles at the start … More
“Print Is Not Dead”: Peter Valente on A Poetics of the Press: Interviews with Poets, Printers, & Publishers
A Poetics of the Press: Interviews with Poets, Printers, & Publishers contains sixteen interviews Kyle Schlesinger did with publishers from … More
Story, Jennifer Firestone’s fifth book of poetry from Ugly Duckling Presse, reviewed by Dave Karp
One regular feature of contemporary writing instruction is the dictum that the writer should “tell her story,” bringing new and … More
Listening to the Reverberating Voices in ALGARAVIAS: ECHO CHAMBER
“I swim in the great open book of the world.” —Waly Salomão In Algaravias: Echo Chamber, Waly Salomão’s writing contains … More
Back in the USSR: Review of Bill Berkson’s INVISIBLE OLIGARCHS
Bill Berkson, who died in June 2016, was one of the last survivors of the original New York School that … More
Staying Alive, poetry by Laura Sims, reviewed by Jackson Nieuwland
As soon as I read the description of this book on the Ugly Duckling Presse website, I knew I had … More
The Final Frontier: FANTASY, by Ben Fama
Opening the envelope that contained Ben Fama’s Fantasy was an exhilarating experience. It had been raining for several days when … More