Monthly Archives: April 2010

Underlife by January Gill O

Posted in April 1, 2010

UnderlifeCavan Kerry PressPerfect bound, 69 pagesISBN 978-1-933880-16-7Link to Purchase Reviewed by Claire Keyes “Protect your strange and beautiful underlife,” January Gill O’Neill urges at the end of her first book of poems. She should know, if the poems of Underlife …

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The Ravenous Audience by Kate Durbin

Posted in April 1, 2010

The Ravenous AudienceAkashic Books (Black Goat)Perfect bound, 144 pagesISBN: 978-1-933354-88-0Link to Purchase Reviewed by Carolee Sherwood It’s tempting for me to talk about Kate Durbin’s debut collection in terms of its politics, and it’s tempting to use intense language to …

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Please by Jericho Brown

Posted in April 1, 2010

PleaseNew Issues Poetry & ProseWestern Michigan University PressTrade Paper, 69 pages ISBN 978-1-930974-79-1 Link to Purchase Reviewed by Naomi Benaron Please, Jericho Brown’s debut collection, plays like a mix tape of old standards, R & B, and a little rock …

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Self-Portrait with Crayon by Allison Benis White

Posted in April 1, 2010

Self-Portrait with CrayonCleveland State University Poetry CenterSoft-cover, 63 pages ISBN 978-1-880834-83-1Link to Purchase Reviewed by Emma Bolden Allison Benis White’s Self-Portrait with Crayon, chosen by Robert Hill Long as the winner of the Cleveland State University Poetry Center’s 2008 first …

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Some Weather by Scot Siegel

Posted in April 1, 2010

Some WeatherPlain View PressPerfect Bound, 117 pagesISBN 9780911051339 Link to Purchase Reviewed by Jessie Carty Scot Siegel opens his collection Some Weather with a self-written Foreword where he poses the question “Is poetry a part of your life?” Perhaps most …

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The Best Canadian Poetry In English 2009

Posted in April 1, 2010

The Best Canadian Poetry In English 2009 Edited by A. F. MortitzSeries Editor Molly PeacockTightrope BooksPerfect Bound, 151 pagesISBN 978-1926639031 Link to Purchase Reviewed by Lori A. May What does an Ikea showroom, donkey sanctuary, and the Thien Mu Pagoda …

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Entrepôt by Mark McMorris

Posted in April 1, 2010

EntrepôtCoffee House PressPerfect Bound, 108 pagesISBN 978-1566892-36-0Link to Purchase Reviewed by Matthew Falk The poems in Mark McMorris’ third full-length book are postmodern in the most literal sense of that over-used and imprecise word: conspicuously erudite, aware of their own …

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Flinch of Song by Jennifer Militello

Posted in April 1, 2010

Flinch of Song by Jennifer MilitelloReviewed by Christina Cook Flinch of SongTupelo PressPerfect binding, 60 pagesISBN 978-1-932195-76-7Link to Purchase Winner of Tupelo’s 2009 First Book Award, Jennifer Militello’s Flinch of Song simply astounds. More than a collection of poems, the …

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I Have to Go Back to 1994 and Kill a Girl by Karyna McGlynn

Posted in April 1, 2010

I Have to Go Back to 1994 and Kill a GirlSarabande BooksPerfect bound, 74pgsISBN 978-1932511765 Link to Purchase Reviewed by Valerie Wetlaufer Opening the pages of Karyna McGlynn’s eerie and fantastic book feels like entering into another world. With the …

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In the Voice of a Minor Saint by Sarah J. Sloat

Posted in April 1, 2010

In the Voice of a Minor SaintTilt PressCardstock, chapbook Link to Purchase Reviewed by Jill Crammond Wickham Sarah J. Sloat’s new chapbook, In the Voice of a Minor Saint, is one of those books that, while reading, I keep putting …

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