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    A Review of Wastelands by Julia Eff

    Zinester Julia Eff‘s book-length poetry chapbook Wastelands looks at depression, kink, gender, and, of all things, truck driving. In addition to Eff’s poetry, the 80-page, tri-stapled volume features… Read more “A Review of Wastelands by Julia Eff”

    January 25, 2017January 25, 2017 by David Nilsen

    A Review of How To Set a Fire and Why by Jesse Ball

    This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. “We’re just running down a fucking slope carrying these little flags, and one by one we get shot and… Read more “A Review of How To Set a Fire and Why by Jesse Ball”

    January 12, 2017January 11, 2017 by David Nilsen

    A Review of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

    This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore.  “When she wanted to forget the Castle, she thought of these things, but she did not expect joy. Hell… Read more “A Review of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi”

    November 30, 2016December 15, 2016 by David Nilsen

    A Review of Fuchsia by Mahtem Shiferraw

    This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Ethiopian American poet Mahtem Shiferraw won the 2015 Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets for her collection Fuchsia, and… Read more “A Review of Fuchsia by Mahtem Shiferraw”

    November 30, 2016December 15, 2016 by David Nilsen

    A Review of Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones

    This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Stephen Graham Jones’s Mongrels is about werewolves. Except it isn’t. Not really. It’s about being poor, being outcast, being hungry, being… Read more “A Review of Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones”

    October 26, 2016December 15, 2016 by David Nilsen

    A Review of Michelle Y. Burke’s Animal Purpose

    This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. In the opening poem of Michelle Y. Burke’s poetry collection Animal Purpose (Ohio University Press) she tells of a horse that… Read more “A Review of Michelle Y. Burke’s Animal Purpose”

    September 23, 2016December 15, 2016 by David Nilsen

    A Review of The Beer Geek’s Handbook by Patrick Dawson

    This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. As craft beer continues to mushroom in popularity, so to does beer publishing. More books about brewing and appreciating… Read more “A Review of The Beer Geek’s Handbook by Patrick Dawson”

    September 19, 2016December 15, 2016 by David Nilsen

    A Review of Some Go Hungry by J. Patrick Redmond

    This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. “Farming and God were two industries by which family fortune might flourish or fail in Fort Sackville.” Fort Sackville,… Read more “A Review of Some Go Hungry by J. Patrick Redmond”

    September 19, 2016December 15, 2016 by David Nilsen

    A Review of Brenda Shaughnessy’s So Much Synth

    This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Though CDs were the primary media in music sales by the time I was a teenager, I am old… Read more “A Review of Brenda Shaughnessy’s So Much Synth”

    September 9, 2016December 15, 2016 by David Nilsen

    A Review of Angela Palm’s Riverine

    This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Angela Palm grew up in the middle of nowhere, and only someone else who grew up in the middle… Read more “A Review of Angela Palm’s Riverine”

    September 7, 2016December 15, 2016 by David Nilsen

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