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”
Category: Poetry Reviews
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”
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”
A Review of The Crimes of Clara Turlington by Meg Johnson
The Crimes of Clara Turlington by Meg Johnson (Vine Leave Press, 2015) is a thin collection full of sex and fire. These pieces are mostly poems, but… Read more “A Review of The Crimes of Clara Turlington by Meg Johnson”
A Review of Constellarium by Jordan Rice
Everyone longs for bad reasons most of their lives, and those of us who know it lie or shut up. – from Diana In her debut collection Constellarium… Read more “A Review of Constellarium by Jordan Rice”
A Review of Jennifer Grotz’s Window Left Open
oh Lord I’ll make a broken music or I’ll die… – from “The Snow Apples” In her new collection Window Left Open Jennifer Grotz explores the relationship between… Read more “A Review of Jennifer Grotz’s Window Left Open”
A Review of Abandoned Homeland by Jeff Gundy
Ohio poet Jeff Gundy’s Abandoned Homeland is a collection of simple poems that feel rooted in their midwestern state of origin. These poems are of this place, a state… Read more “A Review of Abandoned Homeland by Jeff Gundy”
A Review of Melinda Palacio’s How Fire Is a Story, Waiting
An earthy elementalism provides the texture and grit of Melinda Palacio’s How Fire Is a Story, Waiting (Tía Chucha Press, 2012). I recently reviewed Lo Kwa Mei-en’s debut collection Yearling… Read more “A Review of Melinda Palacio’s How Fire Is a Story, Waiting”
A Review of Voyage of the Sable Venus and Other Poems by Robin Coste Lewis
Robin Coste Lewis’s National Book Award-winning Voyage of the Sable Venus and Other Poems is a powerful collection that beautifully blends the personal and the political. The book is organized… Read more “A Review of Voyage of the Sable Venus and Other Poems by Robin Coste Lewis”
A Review of Iliana Rocha’s Karankawa
The Karankawa, as explained briefly in the foreword to Iliana Rocha’s debut poetry collection of that title (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2015), were a tribe of Indians who… Read more “A Review of Iliana Rocha’s Karankawa”
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