This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Ohio poet Jeff Gundy’s Abandoned Homeland is a collection of simple poems that feel rooted in their midwestern state of origin.… Read more “A Review of Abandoned Homeland by Jeff Gundy”
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A Review of Melinda Palacio’s How Fire Is a Story, Waiting
An earthy elementalism provides the texture and grit of Melinda Palacio’s How Fire Is a Story, Waiting (Tía Chucha Press, 2012). I recently reviewed Lo Kwa Mei-en’s debut collection Yearling… Read more “A Review of Melinda Palacio’s How Fire Is a Story, Waiting”
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 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 Rupi Kaur’s Milk and Honey
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Rupi Kaur’s poetry collection Milk and Honey (Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2015) is a powerful and deeply felt exploration of womanhood, identity,… Read more “A Review of Rupi Kaur’s Milk and Honey”
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”
Dubious Lexicon: A Review of Four-Legged Girl by Diane Seuss
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. I typically read one or two books for review a week, so reading time is always at a premium;… Read more “Dubious Lexicon: A Review of Four-Legged Girl by Diane Seuss”
A Review of Why God Is a Woman by Nin Andrews
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Nin Andrews’s Why God Is a Woman (BOA Editions, 2015), part of the American Poets Continuum Series, is a simple enough… Read more “A Review of Why God Is a Woman by Nin Andrews”
A Review of Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
This review was first published on Fourth & Sycamore. I’ll be honest: I have no idea what to say about Claudia Rankine’s National Book Award-winning Citizen:… Read more “A Review of Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine”
Tunneling Towards a Ferocity: A Review of Rome by Dorothea Lasky
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. And faceless, I went to the car, pronounced: “The book will be called Rome.” Men in the seats Thinking I… Read more “Tunneling Towards a Ferocity: A Review of Rome by Dorothea Lasky”
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