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Dec 153 min read

"Silence Roars in Lavin’s Latest Chapbook" by Melissa Flores Anderson

Maud Lavin’s latest chapbook Silences, Ohio (Cowboy Jamboree Press) is set squarely in the Midwest, a place I’ve spent very little time....

Sep 243 min read

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A review of Amy Marques' "PARTS" by Marianne Baretsky Peterson

When I first got the chance to check out Amy Marques’ Parts , I had no expectations. I knew it was a poetry collection. And I knew it was...

Sep 34 min read

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Review of Benjamin Drevlow's "HONKY" by Maud Lavin

In Maurice Berger’s classic White Lies , part memoir, part cultural analysis, he writes about “disrupting our complacent fantasy that our...

Aug 183 min read

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Review of Candace Walsh's "Iridescent Pigeons" by Marianne Baretsky Peterson

I have a terrible time picking my favorite anything. What’s your favorite movie? Favorite band/singer? I have no clue. I could never pick...

Aug 49 min read

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Barbara Leonhard's review of "One Petal at a Time" by Joni Karen Caggiano

The title of Joni Karen Caggiano’s powerful poetry collection, One Petal at a Time, makes me recall what I used to say as a child while...

Mar 313 min read

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Review of Alexandra Fössinger's "Recount and Prophesy" by Marianne Baretsky Peterson

Recount and Prophesy by Alexandra Fössinger is sort of a literary triptych as it is made up of three distinct parts. And while most...

"Reading E Ethelbert Miller at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum" by François Bereaud

Mar 175 min read

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"Reading E Ethelbert Miller at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum" by François Bereaud

In the reviews I’ve done thus far, I’ve spotlighted indie authors or debut publications. E Ethelbert Miller is not in that category. A...

Mar 173 min read

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François Bereaud's review of "Broughtupsy" by Christina Cooke

I read novels for so many reasons including to travel, to learn, to think, to escape, to immerse myself in the lives of characters, and...

Mar 173 min read

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François Bereaud's review of "I’m Afraid That I Know Too Much About Myself Now, To Go Back To Who I Knew Before, And Oh Lord, Who Will I Be After I’ve Known All That I Can?" by Exodus Octavia Brownlow

“So many things, so many experiences, seem to be about the breaking of a woman, and not the mending of her.” This line from “At My...

Mar 172 min read

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François Bereaud's review of "For What Ails You" by Ra’Niqua Lee

“Spring break meant a trip south of Atlanta to Georgia’s fat bottom.” When I finished Ra’Niqua Lee’s collection of flash stories, For...

Mar 173 min read

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Review of LaToya Jordan's "To the Woman in the Pink Hat" by François Bereaud

“They gave Jada an ultimatum: do the work or get kicked out. Ayanna delivered the news during indie. ‘You’re here to face what happened,...

Jan 72 min read

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Review of Jane Ayres' "my lost womb still sings to me" by Tiffany M. Storrs

Among the many striking elements of Jane Ayres’ rich, multi-faceted poetry, none is more apparent than her use of imagery, the intricate...

Jan 72 min read

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Review of A.R. Williams' "A Funeral in the Wild: Poems" by Tiffany M Storrs

While reading through A.R. Williams’ debut collection A Funeral in the Wild: Poems, I became haunted by the concept of a sense of place:...

Dec 12, 20232 min read

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Review of Anne Whitehouse's "Steady" by Tiffany M Storrs

In Steady, Anne Whitehouse’s new poetry collection, the natural world takes on the role of a main character, in a manner of speaking....

Nov 12, 20233 min read

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Review of Candice M. Kelsey’s "Choose Your Own Poem" by Tiffany Storrs

Generally speaking, two things are true: the first is that, more often than not, reading poetry is only an incidentally tailored...

Oct 15, 20234 min read

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Review of LindaAnn LoSchiavo's "Apprenticed to the Night" by Kellie Scott-Reed

Procrastination can sometimes pay off. I had on my list of things to do, to read the book of poetry “Apprenticed to the Night” by...

Aug 6, 20234 min read

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Review of Elizabeth M. Castillo's "Not Quite An Ocean" by Kellie Scott-Reed

I sat, criss-cross applesauce on my back deck in the direct sunlight, waiting for that hint of inspiration to come down from the heavens...

Apr 30, 20235 min read

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A Review of Meg Tuite's "Three By Tuite" by Tiffany M Storrs

Three by Tuite is a battle cry, among many other things. As the title suggests, Meg Tuite has broken this brilliant bone in three places:...

Apr 2, 20234 min read

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"Review: 'The tragedy of touch' by Shiksha Dheda" by Matt Kruze

The tragedy of touch is a multi-sensory dive into the self, a collection of poems presented across a range of formats that invites the...

Mar 5, 20234 min read

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Review of Patrick Nevins' "Man in a Cage" by François Bereaud

I read Patrick Nevins’ Man in a Cage in one sitting on an airplane. My real movement through time and space in an engineering marvel was...