And faceless, I went to the car, pronounced: “The book will be called Rome.” Men in the seats Thinking I was odd or silly But I could still… Read more “Tunneling Towards a Ferocity: A Review of Rome by Dorothea Lasky”

Sarah Dowling’s Down is a book that draws us in with the intentional failure of its imagined voice. Not the failure of the book, mind you, but… Read more “What Can Make This Matter: Down by Sarah Dowling”

Edward Hirsch’s newest book Gabriel: A Poem is unlike any other book of poetry in recent memory. Hirsch has been an established and celebrated poet and critic for… Read more “A Review of Gabriel: A Poem by Edward Hirsch”

In her third volume of poetry, Blood Lyrics: Poems from Graywolf Press, Katie Ford a rough story, housing her poems within a sweeping arc across the length… Read more “Gutted and Rising: A Review of Blood Lyrics by Katie Ford”

A few years ago Tyler Knott Gregson wandered into an antique store near his home in Helena, Montana, and discovered a beat up old Remington typewriter for… Read more “Typewriter Sentiments: Tyler Knott Gregson’s Chasers of the Light”

Matthea Harvey’s new book If the Tabloids Are True What Are You? is possibly too clever for its own good, and I have no idea what it’s about. Naturally,… Read more “Mermaids and Glass Prisons: Matthea Harvey’s If the Tabloids Are True What Are You?”

SMASH THE MEDIA, I said, AND BURN THE SCHOOLS so people can meet, can sit and talk to each other, warm and close no TV image flickering… Read more “The Immortality We Carry with Us: The Poetry Deal by Diane di Prima”