Arthur McMaster, PQ Contributing Editor Habeas Corpus by Cindy Hochman Glass Lyre Press Paper, 2015, 27 pages ISBN: 978-1-941783-02-3 http://www.glasslyrepress.com/catalogue.html Cindy Hochman knows what makes a memorable poem—fresh use of language and captivating imagery, of course, but equally so “that …
Tag Archives: Spring 2015
Review: Habeas Corpus by Cindy Hochman
Posted in April 6, 2015
Tags: Arthur McMaster, Cindy Hochman, review, Spring 2015
Review: Lillie was a goddess, Lillie was a whore by Penelope Scambly Schott
Posted in April 6, 2015
Tags: Penelope Scambly Schott, review, Spring 2015, Therése Halscheid
Therése Halscheid Lillie was a goddess, Lillie was a whore Penelope Scambly Schott Mayapple Press, 2013 Perfect bound, 85 pages ISBN: 978-1-936419-25-8 Purchase: Mayapple Press From a prone prostitute to a flower of purity—Penelope Scambly Schott examines all manner of …
“Tree by Charity”: Robert Frost and the American Christmas
Posted in April 6, 2015
Tags: Adam Bryant Marshall, essay, Spring 2015
Adam Bryant Marshall At the end of his book Christmas in America, historian Penne L. Restad concludes that, despite the sense that “profanation, secularization, commercialization, and prevalence throughout American life have delustered it…Christmas remains the most important holiday on our …
Review: Naked by Donnelle McGee
Posted in April 6, 2015
Tags: Brian Fanelli, Donnelle McGee, review, Spring 2015
Brian Fanelli, PQ Contributing Editor Naked Donnelle McGee Unbound Content Paperback, 110 pages ISBN-13: 978-1936373437 http://unboundcontent.com/naked-by-donnelle-mcgee/ In his manifesto “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain,” Langston Hughes defines blues and jazz as a “revolt against weariness in a white …
Review: Things That Keep Us from Drifting by Andrew Ruzkowski
Posted in April 6, 2015
Tags: Andrew Ruzkowski, Ann E. Michael, review, Spring 2015
Ann E. Michael, PQ Contributing Editor Things That Keep Us from Drifting Andrew Ruzkowski Another New Calligraphy, 2014 88 pp., large format paperback, $18.00 www.anothernewcalligraphy.com In his writings, John Dewey mentions the phenomenon he calls “drift,” when social forces lose …
Review: Divining the Prime Meridian by Carol Smallwood
Posted in April 6, 2015
Tags: Carol Smallwood, Nancy Means Wright, review, Spring 2015
Nancy Means Wright Divining the Prime Meridian Carol Smallwood Word Poetry, 2015 Trade paper, 118 pages 978-1-62549-111-4 http://www.wordpoetrybooks.com/smallwood.html Poet Carol Smallwood knows how to tell the truth slant, as Emily Dickinson advised, with double meanings, like the prime meridian in …
Review: Through A Garden Gate by Charlotte Mandel (poems) and Vincent Covello (photographs)
Posted in April 6, 2015
Tags: Charlotte Mandel, review, Sander Zulauf, Spring 2015, Vincent Covello
Sander Zulauf Through A Garden Gate Poems by Charlotte Mandel Photographs by Vincent Covello Cincinnati, OH: David Robert Books, 2015 Paper. 60pp. $20.00. ISBN: 978-1-625491-213 www.davidrobertbooks.com After this bitter cold, relentless, dangerous winter of 2015, what better to cheer the …
Review: The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2014
Posted in April 6, 2015
Tags: Lori A May, Molly Peacock, review, Sonnet L'Abbe, Spring 2015
Lori A. May, PQ Founder and Past Editor-in-Chief The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2014 Guest Editor: Sonnet L’Abbe Series Editor: Molly Peacock Tightrope Books, Nov 2014 ISBN: 978-1926639833 http://tightropebooks.com/best-canadian-poetry-2014/ This is a biased review. I confess bias since I’ve …
The “Darling” of the Poetry World
Posted in April 6, 2015
Tags: interview, Millicent Borges Accardi, Spring 2015
Millicent Bórges Accardi, Interviews Editor Reviews have made me a better writer, one who is more articulate about her own practice. Poetry is a conversation, and your book is just the beginning. The author of over twenty books, including Melancholia …
Poetry Writing Hacks: 7 Playful Ways To Create Poetry
Posted in April 6, 2015
Tags: essay, Laura Weldon, Spring 2015
Laura Weldon Kids are eager to liberate poetry from the stuffy good-for-you closet where it’s so often kept. That is, as long as they can do so playfully. Each time I lead poetry-writing workshops I learn from students as young …