Ethiopian American poet Mahtem Shiferraw won the 2015 Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets for her collection Fuchsia, and the book has been published from University of… Read more “A Review of Fuchsia by Mahtem Shiferraw”
Category: Poetry Reviews
A Review of Michelle Y. Burke’s Animal Purpose
In the opening poem of Michelle Y. Burke’s poetry collection Animal Purpose (Ohio University Press) she tells of a horse that breaks away from her grip as she leads… Read more “A Review of Michelle Y. Burke’s Animal Purpose”
A Review of Brenda Shaughnessy’s So Much Synth
Though CDs were the primary media in music sales by the time I was a teenager, I am old enough to have enjoyed the tail end of… Read more “A Review of Brenda Shaughnessy’s So Much Synth”
A Review of Witch Hunt by Juliet Escoria
In “Flame War,” the poem that gives her debut poetry collection Witch Hunt its title, Juliet Escoria offers something of a statement of purpose for the book, or… Read more “A Review of Witch Hunt by Juliet Escoria”
A Review of Look by Solmaz Sharif
Solmaz Sharif’s debut poetry collection Look from Graywolf Press is a book that should provoke anger in its readers: anger because of the injustices the book chronicles, because of the lies spoken… Read more “A Review of Look by Solmaz Sharif”
A Review of You Can’t Pick Your Genre: Poems by Emily O’Neill
Does it take a village to end one girl? – from “Who Should I Say Is Calling?” Emily O’Neill’s collection You Can’t Pick Your Genre (Jellyfish Highway, 2016)… Read more “A Review of You Can’t Pick Your Genre: Poems by Emily O’Neill”
A Review of Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong
Even my name knelt down inside me, asking to be spared. Ocean Vuong’s Night Sky with Exit Wounds (Copper Canyon Press, 2016) is a collection of quiet urgency,… Read more “A Review of Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong”
The Black Maria by Aracelis Girmay
Aracelis Girmay’s new poetry collection The Black Maria (BOA Editions, 2016) is a perpetually shifting document, one that skirts from one corner of her mind to another, from… Read more “The Black Maria by Aracelis Girmay”
A Review of Divorce Procedures for the Hairdressers of a Metallic and Inconstant Goddess by Justin Isis
Divorce Procedures for the Hairdressers of a Metallic and Inconstant Goddess by Justin Isis, if you can’t tell from the title, is a self-consciously strange little book,… Read more “A Review of Divorce Procedures for the Hairdressers of a Metallic and Inconstant Goddess by Justin Isis”
A Review of Waiting Room by Jennifer Zilm
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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