Tag Archives: Elizabeth Kate Switaj

Review: Via Incanto: Poems from the Darkroom by Marisa Frasca

Posted in August 22, 2015
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                        Elizabeth Kate Switaj Via Incanto–Poems from the Darkroom Marisa Frasca Bordighera Press Paperback, 96 pages ISBN: 978-1-59954-076-4 http://www.spdbooks.org/Producte/9781599540764/via-incanto-poems-from-the-darkroom.aspx A dark room, as any gothic heroine will tell you, …

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Review: Scienza Nuova by Carrie Hunter

Posted in August 22, 2015
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Elizabeth Kate Switaj Scienza Nuova Carrie Hunter little red leaves textile edition, 2014 Stitched Cloth Cover, 20 pages http://www.textileseries.com/shop/scienza-nuova-by-carrie-hunter When I read Carrie Hunter’s Scienza Nuova, I feel as though I am hearing the voice of the little girl from …

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Review: MILK by Natasha Marin

Posted in October 11, 2014
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Elizabeth Switaj, PQ Social Media Editor MILK Natasha Marin Minor Arcana Press, 2014 70 pages, E-book ISBN: 978-0-991259618 http://www.milkebook.com/  Milk as metonymy for motherhood is nothing new in poetry, but in her collection, MILK, Natasha Marin makes it new. Milk …

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Seam by Tarfia Faizullah

Posted in April 19, 2014
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Review by Elizabeth Kate Switaj seam Tarfia Faizullah Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Kindle Ebook, 280 pages ISBN: 9780809333264 Purchase link Tarfia Faizullah’s seam investigates an atrocity unfamiliar to many western readers, the March 26th 1971 attack by West Pakistan …

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Why I Like Writing in Airports… by Elizabeth Kate Switaj

Posted in March 8, 2013
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This is the second installment in our series about inspiration. Do you have something that always works? Tell us about it in the Comments. Inspiration Series: #2 by PQ Contributing Editor Elizabeth Kate Switaj We give up a lot to …

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A (short) history of l. by rob mclennan

Posted in January 3, 2013
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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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