Ann E. Michael PQ Contributing Editor Ode to the Heart Smaller than a Pencil Eraser Luisa Igloria Utah State University Press, 2014 paperback, 74 pp $16.95 ISBN 978-0-87421-968-5 http://www.upcolorado.com/utah-state-university-press/item/2393-ode-to-the-heart-smaller-than-a-pencil-eraser In his introduction to Luisa Igloria’s Ode to the Heart Smaller …
Tag Archives: Fall 2015
Review: Ode to the Heart Smaller than a Pencil Eraser by Luisa Igloria
Posted in November 18, 2015
Tags: Ann E. Michael, Fall 2015, Luisa Igloria, review, Utah State University Press
Review: In Memory of Brilliance & Value by Michael Robins
Posted in November 18, 2015
Tags: Ann E. Michael, Fall 2015, Michael Robins, review, Saturnalia Books
Ann E. Michael, PQ Contributing Editor In Memory of Brilliance & Value Michael Robins Saturnalia Books, 2015 paperback, 65 pp. $15.00 ISBN 978-0-9915454-8-3 www.saturnaliabooks.com When encountering couplets on the page, readers tend to expect the lyrical rather than the narrative. …
Review: Radioland by Lesley Wheeler
Posted in November 18, 2015
Tags: Ann E. Michael, Barrow Street Books, Fall 2015, Lesley Wheeler, review
Ann E. Michael PQ Contributing Editor Radioland Lesley Wheeler Barrow Street Books, 2015 Paperback, 74 pp $16.95 ISBN 978-0-9893296-8-2 http://barrowstreet.org/press/book/radioland-lesley-wheeler/ The parent-child relationship, in an ideal world, could be open to generous renegotiation—fluid, adaptable—as parents age and their children become …
Review: Sad Math by Sarah Freligh
Posted in November 18, 2015
Tags: Carrie L. Krucinski, Fall 2015, Moon City Press, review, Sarah Freligh
Carrie L. Krucinski Sad Math Sarah Freligh Moon City Press Perfect Binding, 70 pages ISBN: 978-0-913785-64-5 http://mooncitypress.com/2015/08/sad-math-by-sara-freligh-winner-of-the-2014-moon-city-poetry-prize/ One of the most important jobs for a poet is to tell …
Review: Mendeleev
Posted in November 18, 2015
Tags: Arthur McMaster, Fall 2015, Jessica Goodfellow, Mayapple Press, review
Arthur McMaster Mendeleev’s Mandala Jessica Goodfellow Mayapple Press, 2015 Paper, 100 pages, $15.95 ISBN: 978-1-936419-49=1 http://mayapplepress.com/mendeleevs-mandala-jessica-goodfellow/ We know from the first few lines, from the poet’s first remarkable observations, that this is not your grandad’s book of verse. “The Problem …
Perceptual Bubbles
Posted in November 18, 2015
Tags: Fall 2015, Leslie L. Nielsen, letter from editor
One thing poetry can do is grab our sunken (that is to say, sublimated or denied) preconceptions, bubble them to the surface, and pop them so close our eyes, it stings. It can be excruciating or refreshing to change direction–sometimes …
Poetry and the Music of What Matters
Posted in November 18, 2015
Tags: Bruce Bond, essay, Fall 2015, music
Bruce Bond Before I knew that love would end my willful ignorance of death, I didn’t think there was much left in me that was virgin, but there was. That’s why all good music is sad. It makes the wound …
Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand (Plato) –or– How I Lost Faith In Poet(s)ry
Posted in November 18, 2015
Tags: Bobbi Lurie, essay, Fall 2015
Bobbi Lurie Several years ago, I opened an email which came from a poet promoting her book “for women with cancer.” It felt like a miracle. The cancer she described sounded similar to the type of cancer my closest friend …
Review: Becoming the Sound of Bees by Marc Vincenz
Posted in November 18, 2015
Tags: Ampersand Books, Fall 2015, Marc Vincenz, Matt Hill, review
Matt Hill Becoming the Sound of Bees Marc Vincenz Ampersand Books Paperback, Perfect Bound, 112 pages ISBN: 978-09861370-0-6 http://ampersand-books.com/product/becoming-the-sound-of-bees/ we listened for the sound of bees & hearing nothing but the wind boxing the panes we began to hum …
One Day
Posted in November 18, 2015
Tags: essay, Fall 2015, Joel Solonche
Joel Solonche One day a poet opens his mouth and nothing comes out. This is the first time this has happened to him. He feels the words stuck in the back of his throat. He feels them tickle and …