Saint X Kirk Nesset Stephen F. Austin State University Press, 2012 Paperback, 80 pages ISBN: 9781936205769 Purchase Link Reviewed by PQ Contributing Editor Shauna Osborn Kirk Nesset’s Saint X chronicles the muted millennial age. Full of peculiar, recognizable figures, Nesset’s …
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Saint X by Kirk Nesset
Posted in July 11, 2013
A Poet’s Sourcebook: Writings about Poetry, from the Ancient World to the Present
Posted in July 11, 2013
A Poet’s Sourcebook: Writings about Poetry, from the Ancient World to the Present Edited by Dawn Potter Autumn House Press, 2013 Perfect bound, 359 pages ISBN: 978-1932870770 Purchase Link Review by PQ Contributing Editor Jason Carney Half the fun of …
Assumption by Jim Davis
Posted in July 11, 2013
Assumption Jim Davis unbound CONTENT Paperback, 137 pages ISBN: 9781946372252 Purchase Link Reviewed by PQ Contributing Editor Brian Fanelli Poetry has always had a home in Chicago, a city that has yielded some of the most well-known poets of the …
Her Familiars by Jane Satterfield
Posted in July 11, 2013
Her Familiars Jane Satterfield Elixir Press, 2013 Perfect Binding, 87 pages ISBN: 978-1-932418460 Purchase Link Reviewed by PQ Contributing Editor Dawn Leas Her Familiars is a garden in full summer bloom with its author, Jane Satterfield as its master gardener. …
Interview with Stanley Plumly
Posted in July 11, 2013
Interview with Stanley Plumly by Georgia Jones-Davis Stanley Plumly. Credit: Emma Norman Stanley Plumly, the Poet Laureate of Maryland, is a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is the author of several collections of poetry …
Synopticon by Louis Armand & John Kinsella
Posted in July 11, 2013
Synopticon Louis Armand & John Kinsella Litteraria Pragensia Books, 2012 Paperback, 107 pages ISBN: 978-8073084103 Purchase Link Reviewed by PQ Contributing Editor Shauna Osborn Armand & Kinsella’s choice of the name Synopticon, without doubt, is accurate. A collaborative project composed …
St. Rage’s Vault by B.K. Fischer
Posted in July 11, 2013
St. Rage’s Vault B.K. Fischer The Word Works, 2013 Paperback, 84 pp, $15.00 ISBN 978-091538084-8 Purchase Link Reviewed by PQ Contributing Editor Ann E. Michael Gestation can refer to many in-process creations; we gestate ideas, theories, revolutions and much more …
Chinoiserie by Karen Rigby
Posted in July 11, 2013
Chinoiserie Karen Rigby Ahsahta Press Paperback, 63 pages ISBN: 978-1-934103-25-8 Purchase Link Review by PQ Contributing Editor FeLicia A. Elam By definition, the word “chinoiserie” means a European interpretation of Chinese style in design such as furniture and textiles. In …
domina Un/blued by Ruth Ellen Kocher
Posted in July 11, 2013
domina Un/blued Ruth Ellen Kocher Tupelo Press, 2013 Paperback, 81 pages ISBN 978-1-936797-25-7 Purchase Link Reviewed by Andrew Ruzkowski, PQ Reviews Coordinator Ruth Ellen Kocher’s fourth volume of poetry is perhaps the most intriguing book of poems I have read …
Bully Pulpit by Kim Bridgford
Posted in July 11, 2013
Bully Pulpit Kim Bridgford White Violet Press, 2012 Perfect bound, 98 pages ISBN 978-0615694153 Purchase Link Reviewed by Leah Rosenzweig Kim Bridgford’s latest book of poetry, Bully Pulpit, explores the multifaceted, recurring issue of bullying. Bridgford dissects what it …