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”
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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”
A Review of Witch Hunt by Juliet Escoria
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. In “Flame War,” the poem that gives her debut poetry collection Witch Hunt its title, Juliet Escoria offers something of… Read more “A Review of Witch Hunt by Juliet Escoria”
A Review of Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. “Even my name knelt down inside me, asking to be spared.” Ocean Vuong’s Night Sky with Exit Wounds (Copper Canyon… Read more “A Review of Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong”
A Review of Divorce Procedures for the Hairdressers of a Metallic and Inconstant Goddess by Justin Isis
Divorce Procedures for the Hairdressers of a Metallic and Inconstant Goddess by Justin Isis, if you can’t tell from the title, is a self-consciously strange little book,… Read more “A Review of Divorce Procedures for the Hairdressers of a Metallic and Inconstant Goddess by Justin Isis”
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”
A Review of The Crimes of Clara Turlington by Meg Johnson
The Crimes of Clara Turlington by Meg Johnson (Vine Leave Press, 2015) is a thin collection full of sex and fire. These pieces are mostly poems, but… Read more “A Review of The Crimes of Clara Turlington by Meg Johnson”
A Review of Constellarium by Jordan Rice
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. “Everyone longs for bad reasons most of their lives, and those of us who know it lie or… Read more “A Review of Constellarium by Jordan Rice”
A Review of Jennifer Grotz’s Window Left Open
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. oh Lord I’ll make a broken music or I’ll die… – from “The Snow Apples” In her new collection Window… Read more “A Review of Jennifer Grotz’s Window Left Open”
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