This review was first published on Fourth & Sycamore. Travelers Rest by Keith Lee Morris is a frozen fever dream swirling together snow, memory, and identity.… 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
The review was first published on Fourth & Sycamore. Alexandra Kleeman’s You Too Can Have a Body Like Mineis a critique of both consumer culture and our… 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
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Robin Coste Lewis’s National Book Award-winning Voyage of the Sable Venus and Other Poems is a powerful collection that beautifully blends the… 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
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. JJ Amaworo Wilson’s Damnificados is based on real events, which seems almost incredible until you remember what a truly strange… 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
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Vaye Watkins, is a feverish parable about an American near-future without water. Not long from now the American West,… Read more “A Review of Gold Fame Citrus by Claire Vaye Watkins”
A Review of Iliana Rocha’s Karankawa
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. The Karankawa, as explained briefly in the foreword to Iliana Rocha’s debut poetry collection of that title (University of Pittsburgh Press,… Read more “A Review of Iliana Rocha’s Karankawa”
A Review of Felicity: Poems by Mary Oliver
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Mary Oliver’s newest collection of poetry is a simple one, and as lovely and as gently insightful as we’ve… Read more “A Review of Felicity: Poems by Mary Oliver”
A Review of Cookies & Beer
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. I will confess at the outset I was a bit disappointed with Cookies & Beer, a new book written by… Read more “A Review of Cookies & Beer”
A Review of Rules for Werewolves by Kirk Lynn
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. I am a sucker for improvised families in fiction. Vagrants who have each other’s backs, college kids who celebrate… Read more “A Review of Rules for Werewolves by Kirk Lynn”
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