Vermont Exit Rampsby Neil ShepardBig Table PublishingPaperback, 44 pagesISBN: 9780984956760Purchase link Reviewed by PQ Contributing Editor Brian Fanelli Anyone who has ever hopped in the car for a cross-state or cross-country road trip will find familiarity in the images in …
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Vermont Exit Ramps by Neil Shepard
Posted in January 3, 2013
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The Kangaroo Girl by Judith Baumel
Posted in January 3, 2013
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The Kangaroo Girl Judith Baumel GenPop Books Paperback, 78 pages ISBN: 9780982359433 Purchase at SPD Books Reviewed by Edan Mohr Judith Baumel’s latest book conveys both a playful nostalgia and a haunting regret. In navigating a course through personal history, …
Space, in Chains by Laura Kasischke
Posted in January 3, 2013
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Space, in Chainsby Laura KasischkeCopper Canyon Press, 2011paper, 110 pages, $16 Purchase Link Reviewed by PQ Contributing Editor Arthur McMaster Michigan poet Laura Kasischke’s latest volume, her eighth, won the National Book Critic’s …
A Brief History of Time by Shaindel Beers
Posted in April 1, 2012
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Review by Jessie Carty A Brief History of TimeBy Shaindel BeersSalt PublishingISBN 978-1-84471-505-3Perfect Bound, 65 pagesLink to purchase Shaindel Beers’ first collection, A Brief History of Time, opens with the title poem, which is an ars poetica. Beers writes, “I’ve …
Two Tales of One Tragedy: Patricia Smith’s Blood Dazzler, Katie Cappello’s Perpetual Care, and the Catastrophe of Hurricane Katrina
Posted in January 1, 2010
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Review by Karen J. Weyant Blood Dazzlerby Patricia SmithCoffee House PressPerfect Bound 90 pagesISBN 978-1-56689-218-6Link to Purchase Perpetual Careby Katie CappelloElixirPerfect Bound 88 pagesISBN 978-1932418323Link to Purchase Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in August 2005, flooding the city …
Aphrodite’s Daughter by Becky Gould Gibson
Posted in October 1, 2009
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Reviewed by Jessie Carty Aphrodite’s DaughterBy Becky Gould GibsonTexas Review PressISBN: 9781933896106Perfect Bound, 80 pagesLink to purchase Aphrodite’s Daughter, winner of the 2006 XJ Kennedy Poetry Prize, is a feminist study expressed in 38 poems. Gibson predominantly uses themes surrounding …
The Touch by Cynthia Kraman
Posted in October 1, 2009
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Review by Mary Meriam The Touch By Cynthia KramanYBK Publishers, IncPerfect Bound, 140 pagesISBN: 978-0980050882 Link to purchase In the late 1970’s, Cynthia Kraman was an “avant-punk pioneer,” a “fiercely feminist frontwoman,” and a “commanding, cerebral performer in the …
Tulips, Water, Ash by Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet
Posted in October 1, 2009
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Reviewed by Emma Bolden Tulips, Water, Ash By Lisa Gluskin StonestreetNortheasternPerfect Bound, 88 pagesISBN: 978-1555537081 Link to purchase Tulips, Water, Ash, Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet’s first collection and the winner of the 2009 Morse Poetry Prize, achieves the rare and …
Then, Something by Patricia Fargnoli
Posted in October 1, 2009
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Review by Lori A. May Then, Something By Patricia FargnoliTupelo PressPerfect Bound, 84 pagesISBN: 978-1-932195-79-8 Link to purchase As the cover suggests, Then, Something by Patricia Fargnoli offers a contradiction, or juxtaposition, of things that are and things that …
Taste of Cherry by Kara Candito
Posted in October 1, 2009
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Review by Valerie Wetlaufer Taste of Cherry By Kara CanditoUniversity of Nebraska PressPerfect Bound, 68 pagesISBN: 978-0-803225-23-7 Link to purchase Reading Kara Candito’s book Taste of Cherry is like being slapped in the face and asking for more. From poems …