This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Solmaz Sharif’s debut poetry collection Look from Graywolf Press is a book that should provoke anger in its readers: anger because of the injustices… Read more “A Review of Look by Solmaz Sharif”
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A Review of You Can’t Pick Your Genre: Poems by Emily O’Neill
“Does it take a village to end one girl?” – from “Who Should I Say Is Calling?” Emily O’Neill’s collection You Can’t Pick Your Genre (Jellyfish Highway, 2016)… Read more “A Review of You Can’t Pick Your Genre: Poems by Emily O’Neill”
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”
The Black Maria by Aracelis Girmay
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Aracelis Girmay’s new poetry collection The Black Maria (BOA Editions, 2016) is a perpetually shifting document, one that skirts from… Read more “The Black Maria by Aracelis Girmay”
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 Waiting Room by Jennifer Zilm
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Jennifer Zilm’s debut poetry book Waiting Room(BookThug, 2016) is a curious collection. From Zilm’s disparate roles–Bible student and scholar, dental and… Read more “A Review of Waiting Room by Jennifer Zilm”
A Review of Cynthia Cruz’s How the End Begins
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”
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 Abandoned Homeland by Jeff Gundy
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”
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”
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