Somewhere Piano Sarah Busse Mayapple Press, 2012 Perfect bound, 56 pgs Purchase link Reviewed by Sarah Karpovich In Somewhere Piano, her first full-length collection, Sarah Busse traverses the domestic spaces of motherhood with an unapologetic, critical eye and a polished …
Monthly Archives: October 2013
Somewhere Piano by Sarah Busse
Posted in October 11, 2013
No Hurry: Poems 2000-2012 by Michael Blumenthal
Posted in October 11, 2013
No Hurry: Poems 2000-2012 Michael Blumenthal Etruscan Press, 2012 Perfect Binding, 125 pages ISBN: 978-0983294474 Purchase link Reviewed by Kim Loomis-Bennett Michael Blumenthal’s eighth poetry collection invites long-devoted readers as well as those unfamiliar with his work into the intimacy …
Paper Dreams: Writers and Editors on the American Literary Magazine
Posted in October 11, 2013
Paper Dreams: Writers and Editors on the American Literary Magazine Compiled and Edited by Travis Kurowski Atticus Books, 2013 Perfect bound, 416 pgs ISBN: 978-0-984-04057-5 Purchase link Reviewed by Heather Lowery Paper Dreams, edited and compiled by Travis Kurowski, is …
The Branches, the Axe, the Missing by Charlotte Pence
Posted in October 11, 2013
The Branches, the Axe, the Missing Charlotte Pence Black Lawrence Press, 2013 Perfect bound, 28 pgs ISBN 978-0-9828766-7-1 Purchase link Reviewed by Victoria Osborne The Branches, the Axe, the Missing, Charlotte Pence’s notable single-poem chapbook, remains thematically cohesive through its …
White Apples and the Taste of Stone by Donald Hall
Posted in October 10, 2013
White Apples and the Taste of Stone Donald Hall Mariner Books, 2007 Paperback with audio CD, 430 pgs ISBN 978-0-618-91999-4 www.marinerbooks.com Reviewed by Ann E. Michael It must be challenging for any writer to compile a “selected” collection of works …
What Remains by Caroline Maun
Posted in October 10, 2013
What Remains Caroline Maun Main Street Rag Publishing Company Perfect bound, 68 pgs ISBN: 978-1-59948-427-3 http://www.mainstreetrag.com/store/books.php Reviewed by Dawn Leas When I chose the books to review for this issue, I knew a few details about Barbara Crooker’s Gold, but …
Women’s Poetry: Poems and Advice by Daisy Fried
Posted in October 10, 2013
Women’s Poetry: Poems and Advice Daisy Fried University of Pittsburgh Press, 2013 Perfect bound, 88 pgs ISBN: 978-0-8229-6238-0 Purchase Link Reviewed by Teresa Schartel Narey The devilish girl figure on the cover of Daisy Fried’s third collection, Women’s Poetry: Poems …
The Middle by Angela Hume
Posted in October 10, 2013
The Middle Angela Hume Omnidawn, 2013 Paperback, 50 pages ISBN 9781890650834 Purchase Link Reviewed by Elizabeth Kate Switaj If, decades after our extinction, shreds of the documents that recorded what would eventually cause all our deaths survived, these texts might …
taking shots alone by Phillipe Chatelain
Posted in October 10, 2013
taking shots alone 1 and 2 Phillipe Chatelain Self-Published Purchase link Reviewed by John McCarthy taking shots alone is a two part, genuine and honest, upchuck of 21st century expression. “[I’m] hoping that somehow I make it important for you …
Tennessee Landscape with Blighted Pine by Jesse Graves
Posted in October 10, 2013
Tennessee Landscape with Blighted Pine Jesse Graves Texas Review Press, 2011 Perfect bound, 79 pgs ISBN 9781933896717 Purchase link Reviewed by Catherine Pritchard Childress In his first collection of poems, Tennessee Landscape with Blighted Pine, Jesse Graves takes the reader …