Elemental. That’s how this book feels. Each new verse, sound, phrase, and image seems foundational, building a life, then living … More
Tag: University of Pittsburgh Press
Esteban Rodríguez on THE TENANT OF FIRE, an award-winning University of Pittsburgh Press Press poetry collection by Ryan Black
The writer Jay McInerney once said that every generation needed a Manhattan novel, one that captured the culture and sentiment … More
HORSEPOWER, a University of Pittsburgh Press poetry collection by Joy Priest, reviewed by Esteban Rodríguez
Every state carries with it certain perceptions that often gloss over the nuances of what it has to offer. Coming … More
DRIVING IN CARS WITH HOMELESS MEN, Drue Heinz Literature Prize winner Kate Wisel’s debut story collection, reviewed by Noreen Hernandez
Driving in Cars with Homeless Men is, on one level, author Kate Wisel’s homage to the friendship of women. It … More
BECAUSE WHAT ELSE COULD I DO, the tenth poetry collection by Pitt Poetry Series Author Martha Collins, reviewed by Sarah Sarai
Visually delicate and emotionally substantial, the fifty-five poems in Martha Collins’ tenth collection, Because What Else Could I Do, interrogate … More
THE BOOK OF DANIEL, the fourth collection from Pitt Poetry Series Author Aaron Smith, reviewed by Esteban Rodríguez
If someone recommended a book titled The Book of Daniel, you might be inclined to believe that it has, in … More
THE DOGS OF DETROIT, Brad Felver’s debut short story collection, reviewed by Michael A. Ferro
If ever there was a more convincing short story collection of America’s disheartening penchant for anger, violence, and grief, especially … More
WILD HUNDREDS, by Nate Marshall
Nate Marshall’s Wild Hundreds is a story about amnesia and national shame. In these poems, Marshall presents us with a … More
CATALOG OF UNABASHED GRATITUDE, by Ross Gay
There may be effusion in Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, but there’s definitely no mawkishness, no syrupy sentimentalism. Ferociously earnest and … More
BRAIN CAMP, by Charles Harper Webb
“[H]eadlights lance the air,” Charles Harper Webb writes in “Questionable,” a poem about teenagers parking in the “night-woods.” This stunning … More
Do Not Rise, by Beth Bachmann
Beth Bachmann’s poetry is morning light sliced by blinds, fragmented and illuminating. It doesn’t burn when it settles on your … More
The Americans, by David Roderick
David Roderick’s latest poetry collection, The Americans, is like a massive magnet that draws diverse objects into its field—as any … More
The Old Woman, the Tulip, and the Dog, by Alicia Suskin Ostriker
The forty-two poems in Alicia Suskin Ostriker’s latest poetry collection, The Old Woman, the Tulip, and the Dog, are an … More
The Dottery, by Kirsten Kaschock
The Dottery by Kirsten Kaschock is the 2013 Donald Hall Prize in Poetry winning book of poems that explores the … More
Keeper, by Kasey Jueds
Jueds’ first full-length collection of poetry won the 2012 Agnes Lynch Starrett poetry prize from University of Pittsburg Press. The … More
