Jennifer Zilm’s debut poetry book Waiting Room (BookThug, 2016) is a curious collection. From Zilm’s disparate roles–Bible student and scholar, dental and mental health patient, public housing worker–she assembles… Read more “A Review of Waiting Room by Jennifer Zilm”
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A Review of Cynthia Cruz’s How the End Begins
History wants to hurt you. Cynthia Cruz asserts this in the opening poem of How the End Begins, her new poetry collection from Four Way Books. She speaks with… Read more “A Review of Cynthia Cruz’s How the End Begins”
It Happened One Night (1934)
Frank Capra’s It Happened One Night opens with a rich father (Walter Connolly) and his spoiled adult daughter (Claudette Colbert) on a yacht somewhere south of Miami, Florida,… Read more “It Happened One Night (1934)”
Every Thug Is a Lady: Adventures Without Gender by Julia Eff
Julia Eff is awesome. I recently bought a bunch of their zines, and will soon go back for more, because Julia already feels like a favorite hang-out… Read more “Every Thug Is a Lady: Adventures Without Gender by Julia Eff”
A Review of The Spitboy Rule by Michelle Cruz Gonzalez
Spitboy, an all-female punk/hardcore band active in the first half of the 1990s, were far more groundbreaking than their short run as a band would seem to… Read more “A Review of The Spitboy Rule by Michelle Cruz Gonzalez”
A Review of Melissa Broder’s So Sad Today
Melissa Broder is screwed up, and she’d like to tell you about it. In her new book So Sad Today, Broder vomits onto the page as much of… Read more “A Review of Melissa Broder’s So Sad Today”
A Review of Galvanized: New and Selected Poems by Leland Kinsey
Galvanized, the new collection from Vermont poet Leland Kinsey, is a document of the hardship and rough-hewn beauty of living close to the land, in reach of… Read more “A Review of Galvanized: New and Selected Poems by Leland Kinsey”
4 Mini-Zines by Julia Eff
I’ve wanted to pick up Julia Eff’s zines for a while now. Pioneers Press are always mentioning Julia (they published Julia’s poetry chapbook Wastelands, which I also can’t… Read more “4 Mini-Zines by Julia Eff”
The Lady Eve (1941)
A gorgeous and talented con artist sets her sights on a naive and vulnerable brewery heir. With the help of her father (and partner in crime), she… Read more “The Lady Eve (1941)”
A Review of The Woman Who Married a Bear by Tiffany Midge
The Woman Who Married a Bear by Tiffany Midge, a poet of mixed white and Lakota heritage who is an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux… Read more “A Review of The Woman Who Married a Bear by Tiffany Midge”
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