"In this richly imagistic and formally inventive collection, Christopher Nelson illuminates the dailiness of beauty and horror juxtaposed in our natural and private worlds. These poems see straight through to the actual, at once unflinching and tender. ‘I’ve …
“What a remarkable sensibility lives in Mark Neely’s Late Stage, at times cynical and witty, at times filled with awe at an America that is at once beautiful and uncanny and more than a little frightening. Here is …
White Dresses by Jaki Shelton Green. Limited Edition. $40
This collectible work of Book Art is a 24 page accordion book printed on archival paper, produced by artists from 3 countries. It was published to coincide with …
“With stirring clarity, modesty, and understatement, Tuon shares the feeling of what it must have been like at one end and what words can light up the next mystery. Most of all, he finds a place for himself …
from Deployed
At lunch, Shelby tells me her mother died when she was twenty-one, father gone. In the living room, a cop, her uncle, and a lawyer, who slid a piece of paper across the coffee table. She …
“Pieta” stands out as a profound collection that delves into the depths of human experience, eliciting emotions that resonate on a universal scale. With poems of careful craft and a brushstroke of clear-cut language “Pieta” paints vibrant and …
In Catherine Carter’s latest chapbook, the poet considers the world beyond the surface: the lives of microbes, housekeepers, and history; tendrils of magic in both blessings and curses; and the magnetism of love, gin, sorrow, and the dark, …
“Here the poet sings to ‘the congress of spotted turtles on a log,’ while ‘cats track sunbeams around the house’ and somewhere above us ‘the swirling eye of August, silent at its center, / contains whole flocks of birds.’ Magical things happen …
“Myth from the field where the fox runs with its tail on fire is a book of grit, of faith, of wondrous creaturely light.In this chapbook I found a voice burning with the kind of questions I did …
“Violeta Orozco offers a deep range of poetic sensibilities inside of plain talk and personal brown body politic. Stillness in the Land of Speed allows us to inhale the Atlantic and wade with the wisdom inside Yemaya’s skirt …
