Travelers Rest by Keith Lee Morris is a frozen fever dream swirling together snow, memory, and identity. The novel tells the story of four family members–Tonio Addison,… Read more “A Review of Travelers Rest by Keith Lee Morris”
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A Review of Alexandra Kleeman’s You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine
Alexandra Kleeman’s You Too Can Have a Body Like Mineis a critique of both consumer culture and our society’s obsession with beauty. Set in an unspecified near future… Read more “A Review of Alexandra Kleeman’s You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine”
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 Damnificados by JJ Amaworo Wilson
JJ Amaworo Wilson’s Damnificados is based on real events, which seems almost incredible until you remember what a truly strange world we live in. These are the facts… Read more “A Review of Damnificados by JJ Amaworo Wilson”
A Review of Not Dark Yet by Berit Ellingsen
I love Two Dollar Radio, the indie press from my home state of Ohio that just released Berit Ellingsen’s Not Dark Yet. I really wish I loved Not Dark… Read more “A Review of Not Dark Yet by Berit Ellingsen”
A Review of Gold Fame Citrus by Claire Vaye Watkins
Gold Fame Citrus by Vaye Watkins is a feverish parable about an American near-future without water. Not long from now the American West, a largely arid region… Read more “A Review of Gold Fame Citrus by Claire Vaye Watkins”
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”
A Review of Felicity: Poems by Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver’s newest collection of poetry is a simple one, and as lovely and as gently insightful as we’ve come to expect from one of our greatest… Read more “A Review of Felicity: Poems by Mary Oliver”
A Review of Rules for Werewolves by Kirk Lynn
I am a sucker for improvised families in fiction. Vagrants who have each other’s backs, college kids who celebrate the holidays together instead of going home even… Read more “A Review of Rules for Werewolves by Kirk Lynn”
A Review of Application for Release from the Dream by Tony Hoagland
In his newest poetry collection, Application for Release from the Dream (Graywolf Press), Tony Hoagland comes across as a bit of a cranky old cuss, but instead of waving… Read more “A Review of Application for Release from the Dream by Tony Hoagland”
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