Brian Fanelli, PQ Contributing Editor What We Pass On Maria Mazziotti Gillan Guernica Editions Paperback, 440 pages ISNB: 978-1550713046 http://www.guernicaeditions.com/title/9781550713046 For decades, Maria Mazziotti Gillan has defended the narrative form in poetry, especially through her workshops, interviews, and personal …
Tag Archives: Fall 2014
Review: What We Pass On by Maria Mazziotti Gillian
Posted in October 11, 2014
Tags: Brian Fanelli, Fall 2014, Guernica Editions, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, review
In Conversation with Suzanne Lummis
Posted in October 11, 2014
Tags: Fall 2014, Georgia Jones-Davis, interview, Suzanne Lummis
Georgia Jones-Davis Suzanne Lummis’ collection Open 24 Hours won the Blue Lynx Poetry Award in Washington State and will be published in Fall 2014. Her poems have appeared in such journals as Ploughshares, The Hudson Review, The New Ohio Review, and …
Review: Dogwatch by R.S. Gwynn
Posted in October 11, 2014
Tags: Ann E. Michael, Fall 2014, Measure Press, R.S. Gwynn, review
Ann E. Michael, PQ Contributing Editor Dogwatch R. S. Gwynn Measure Press, 2014 Hardcover, 107 pp ISBN 978-1-939574-07-7 www.measurepress.com I have found that among readers of poetry perhaps the most ardent opinions involve the use of end rhyme in …
Review: Deviants by Peter Kline
Posted in October 11, 2014
Tags: Fall 2014, Peter Kline, review, Shauna Osborn, Stephen F Austin State University Press
by Shauna Osborn, Contributing Editor Deviants Peter Kline Stephen F Austin State University Press Paperback, 64 pages 9781622880294 http://www.tamupress.com/product/Deviants,7630.aspx “Deviant behavior is an unwillingness or inability to comply with societal rules of conduct; its inherent condition is one of alienation …
Review: Book of Asters by Sally Rosen Kindred
Posted in October 11, 2014
Tags: Fall 2014, Mayapple Press, review, Sally Rosen Kindred, Sherry Chandler
Sherry Chandler Book of Asters Sally Rosen Kindred Mayapple Press, 2014 Paperback, 62 pages ISBN: 978-1-936419-34-0 http://mayapplepress.com/book-of-asters-sally-rosen-kindred/ From asters to zinnias, Sally Rosen Kindred speaks a new language of the flowers with a vocabulary taken from the Asteracea, the aster …
Neurology and Poetry
Posted in October 11, 2014
Tags: Ann E. Michael, essay, Fall 2014
Ann E. Michael, Contributing Editor For me, reading about consciousness, neurology, the evolution of brain development, and scientific studies on neuropsychology is oddly soothing. The findings in these articles and books often mesh well with books I read about Buddhism, …
Review: Eye to Eye with Maria Terrone
Posted in October 11, 2014
Tags: Bordighera Press, Dawn Leas, Fall 2014, Maria Terrone, review
Dawn Leas, PQ Contributing Editor Eye to Eye Maria Terrone Bordighera Press Perfect Binding, 115 pages ISBN: 978-1-59954-070-2 http://www.bordigherapress.org/OrderBooks.html In March, I had the opportunity to briefly meet Sara Michas-Martin whose book I later reviewed for the spring issue of …
Review: This Visit by Susan Lewis
Posted in October 11, 2014
Tags: BlazeVOX, Fall 2014, Mary Kasimor, review, Susan Lewis
Mary Kasimor This Visit Susan Lewis BlazeVOX Paperback, 104 pages 978-1-60964-169-6 http://www.blazevox.org/index.php/Shop/new-releases/this-visit-by-susan-lewis-384/ In Susan Lewis’ latest collection of poetry, This Visit, she informs the reader of the paradox of being alive in the poem, “Severence:” “the world too beautiful/despite these …
Review: Winter by Patricia Fargnoli
Posted in October 11, 2014
Tags: Fall 2014, Hobblebush Books, Lesley Wheeler, Patricia Fargnoli, review
Lesley Wheeler Winter Patricia Fargnoli Hobblebush Books, 2013 Paper, 88 pages ISBN 978-1-939449-01-6 http://www.hobblebush.com/pages/Winter.html Poets often claim they don’t imagine particular audiences when they write. Sometimes the same writers, however, define their poetry as an act of communication. I worry …
Review: Our Andromeda by Brenda Shaughnessy
Posted in October 11, 2014
Tags: Arthur McMaster, Brenda Shaughnessy, Copper Canyon Press, Fall 2014, review
Arthur McMaster, PQ Contributing Editor Our Andromeda Brenda Shaughnessy Copper Canyon Press Paper, 131 pages, $16 ISBN: 978-1-55659-410-6 https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/pages/browse/book.asp?bg={D94EFFCA-8152-4F02-96E6-7C795F596CE3} Is the human heart artless? Surely some must be. Well, not mine or yours, of course, given that you are reading …