This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. History wants to hurt you. Cynthia Cruz asserts this in the opening poem of How the End Begins, her new poetry… Read more “A Review of Cynthia Cruz’s How the End Begins”
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A Review of The Spitboy Rule by Michelle Cruz Gonzalez
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Spitboy, an all-female punk/hardcore band active in the first half of the 1990s, were far more groundbreaking than their… Read more “A Review of The Spitboy Rule by Michelle Cruz Gonzalez”
A Review of Galvanized: New and Selected Poems by Leland Kinsey
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Galvanized, the new collection from Vermont poet Leland Kinsey, is a document of the hardship and rough-hewn beauty 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
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. The Woman Who Married a Bear by Tiffany Midge, a poet of mixed white and Lakota heritage who… Read more “A Review of The Woman Who Married a Bear by Tiffany Midge”
2016 Books
Here are the books being released in 2016 (that I know about) I am most excited and interested about. Which titles are you most looking forward to?… Read more “2016 Books”
2015 Books Still to Read
I read a lot of books in 2015, but there were still plenty of titles last year I missed. Here are the ones I hope to catch… Read more “2015 Books Still to Read”
Books I Read in 2015
Here’s every book I read in 2015. An * designates a book I had read previously but reread in 2015. Nonfiction Reeling Through Life: How I Learned… Read more “Books I Read in 2015”
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