Edited: Kaufman, Krawiec, Levin, Parker –
Intimacy is a state of closeness that transcends explanation. It is a feeling of being at home emotionally and physically, a biological need so severe that when we don’t have intimacy with those who …
Kelly Michels –
“The philosophy and emotional pulse moving behind the words—that and the flawless lineation of the music—just wouldn’t let me go.
Jamaal May, Hum (Alice James Books) American Library Association Notable Book Award“Kelly Michels’ collection takes us …
Gibbons Ruark –
“There’s a clean, lively language at work here, full of fine words clearly relished, while those poems lodged in Irish landscapes, both physical and literary, shine with the virtue of authenticity: they see, feel and communicate what’s …
Kathryn Stripling Byer –
“The Vishnu Bird is both a memorial and a memoir in lyric poetry. This clean-spoken, deeply-felt chapbook remembers the poet’s dear friend by tracing his vocation of anthropology, and honoring his spiritual depth, through vignettes from …
Kevin Boyle –
“Rich in detail and attentive in focus, Kevin Boyle’s poems rock back and forth between tenderness and irony. In language both fluent and metrical, they explore what it’s like to be alive and awake in today’s shifting …
Debra Kaufman –
“If you have any doubt that Debra Kaufman is one of our best contemporary American poets, then read this collection.”
Kathryn Stripling Byer, Descent, Coming to Rest, Catching Light and 3 others from LSU Press“Which universe …