THE PRINCE OF MOURNFUL THOUGHTS, a story collection by Caroline Kim, reviewed by Philip Clapper

The stories in Caroline Kim’s collection The Prince of Mournful Thoughts all relate in some way to Korea, Koreans, or … More

“the company of everything”: Sarah D’Stair Reviews CEMETERY INK by Mihaela Moscaliuc

Elemental. That’s how this book feels. Each new verse, sound, phrase, and image seems foundational, building a life, then living … More

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