Tag Archives: January 2013

She Returns to the Floating World by Jeannine Hall Gailey

Posted in January 3, 2013
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She Returns to the Floating Worldby Jeannine Hall GaileyKitsune Books, 2011ISBN: 978-0-9827409-2-7 Purchase Link  Reviewed by PQ Contributing Editor Ann E. Michael  When a writer chooses to call upon myth and folktales in her work, readers generally feel comfortable—most readers …

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Essay: A Public Poesy

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Denice Rovira Hazlett A Public Poesy Essay by Denice Rovira Hazlett *Poesy: [poh-uh-see, -zee] noun, plural po•e•sies. The work or the art of poetic composition. Sometimes you plan a poetry event, but can’t ensure even a modest modicum of success. …

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Painting Czeslawa Kwoka, Honoring Children of the Holocaust

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Painting Czeslawa Kwoka, Honoring Children of the HolocaustPaintings by Lori Schreiner, Poems by Theresa Senato EdwardsUnbound ContentPaperback, 58 pagesISBN: 9781936373277Purchase Link   Reviewed by PQ Contributing Editor Brian Fanelli Too often, history is reduced to names and dates in textbooks, or …

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January 2013: a new issue and more

Posted in January 3, 2013
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Greetings PQ friends!  Welcome to 2013 and to a new issue of PQ. Please visit the Current Issue to see our latest content. We have a nice assortment of reviews, interviews, and essays for you this time around.  We’d also …

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A (short) history of l. by rob mclennan

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A (short) history of l.by rob mclennanBuschekBooksPerfect Bound, 95 pagesISBN: 978-1-894543-69-9Purchase Link Reviewed by PQ Contributing Editor Elizabeth Kate Switaj T.S. Eliot’s observation that “genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood” has become something of a critical cliché. Nonetheless, …

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Back to the Future: Interview with Mark Jarman

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Back to the Future with Mark Jarman Author Mark Jarman Interview by PQ Contributing Editor Arthur McMaster Centennial Professor of English at Vanderbilt University, the writer Mark Jarman has championed the poetry of New Formalists for several years. We owe …

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