Abubakar Ibrahim
“The lyricism of the lines and the clear sophistication of the poet who writes of war and death, but always includes beauty, makes The Book of Questions an unforgettable read. These poems explore human failings but also the …
John Glowney
Fish Child is redolent with beauty and unflinching in its witness of poverty and the working class. Turn to the haunting “Paint,” about a Navy painter juxtaposed with paint-addicted children in Romania, or “Moonshot,” which grapples with the …
Simon Anton Niño Diego Baena
"Simon Anton Niño Diego Baena is the author of three chapbooks. His work has appeared in Poetry Daily, The Bitter Oleander, The Columbia Review, The Cortland Review, The Ocean State Review, Pembroke Magazine, Louisiana Literature, …
Christopher Nelson
"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 …
Mark Neely
"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 …
Bunkong Tuon
“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 …
Tina Barr
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 …
Frank Paino
“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 …
Violeta Orozco
“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 …
Joshua Martin
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“At times an homage to icons of western culture such as Rubens and Rembrandt, and at other times the honest tracing of workers leaving the poverty of small farmers for the grinding struggle of …