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 …
Tag Archives: Fall 2014
Review: Eye to Eye with Maria Terrone
Posted in October 11, 2014
Tags: Bordighera Press, Dawn Leas, Fall 2014, Maria Terrone, review
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 …
Review: MILK by Natasha Marin
Posted in October 11, 2014
Tags: Elizabeth Kate Switaj, Fall 2014, Minor Arcana Press, Natasha Marin, review
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 …
Roosters. Jellyfish. Fighting. 80s movies–Poet Carlo Matos Discusses New Work
Posted in October 11, 2014
Tags: Carlo Matos, Fall 2014, interview, Millicent Borges Accardi
Millicent Borges Accardi, Interviews Editor We featured Carlo Matos here at PQ a while back, and since he has a new book out this fall—a cross of prose poetry and flash fiction—I thought we would revisit him and ask a …
The Poetry of Non-Poetry: On Alan Bigelow’s “This Is Not A Poem”
Posted in October 11, 2014
Tags: essay, Fall 2014, Michael Leong
Michael Leong “Poetry can be any damn thing it wants,” observes the distinguished critic and translator Mary Ann Caws in a 2009 article for Poetry Magazine. One can take this unapologetically blithe statement—which, after the groundbreaking innovations of modernism, seems …
The Ghazal
Posted in October 11, 2014
Tags: essay, Fall 2014, Khadeeja Mushtaq
Khadeeja Mushtaq The Ghazal is increasingly becoming popular in the Western world, especially America where the assimilation of different cultures has resulted in the appreciation and adaptation of other literary forms. Ghazals appeared in American poetry en route Urdu poetry …
Bigger Than Elvis: Erika L. Sánchez—Poet, Writer, and Creative Strategist
Posted in October 11, 2014
Tags: Erika L. Sanchez, Fall 2014, interview, Millicent Borges Accardi
Millicent Bórges Accardi, Interviews Editor In 2014, the poet Erika L. Sánchez was named One of Chicago’s 25 Writers to Watch. She is an activist for reproductive rights and women’s health and works as a freelance journalist, penning a monthly …
Confessions of a Failed Poet
Posted in October 11, 2014
Tags: essay, Fall 2014, Laura Moe
Laura Moe On a recent coffee date with a former student, he told me he only likes rhyming poetry, and he recited two poems by Frost and Shelley from memory. It is easier to memorize rhyme, and most children’s books …