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 …
Tag Archives: Fall 2015
Dead Pet Poems: Andrew Hudgins and the Dangers of the Sentimental
Posted in November 18, 2015
Tags: Andrew Hudgins, essay, Fall 2015, Sarah Freligh
Sarah Freligh PQ Contributing Editor The first poems I wrote were about my cats, a pair of crabby old ladies who died within months of each other at the venerable age of eighteen. I was operating on Hemingway’s dictum to …
A Fantastic American Swagger: Interview with Sam Pereira
Posted in November 18, 2015
Tags: Fall 2015, interview, Millicent Borges Accardi, Sam Pereira
Millicent Bórges Accardi Darkness remains mysterious. Light is wonderful, but you only get there through darkness first. It is the very nature of why I write. Un-assuming and often under the radar, the poetry of Sam Pereira has been hailed …
Review: Drawing Down the Moon by Allison Creighton
Posted in November 18, 2015
Tags: Allison Creighton, Fall 2015, review, Shauna Osborn, Turning Point Books
Shauna Osborn PQ Contributing Editor Drawing Down the Moon Allison Creighton Turning Point Books, 2015 84 pages ISBN: 9781625491312 http://www.turningpointbooks.com/creighton.html Typically when one sees the phrase “drawing down the moon,” it is involved in discussions of magical spells, pagan rituals, …
Review: if you turn around I will turn around by Ben Clark
Posted in November 18, 2015
Tags: Ben Clark, Fall 2015, Jacob Victorine, review, Thoughtcrime Press
Jacob Victorine if you turn around I will turn around Ben Clark Thoughtcrime Press Paperback perfect bound, 64 pages ISBN-13: 978-0-9887167-1-1 http://thoughtcrimepress.com/?portfolio=if-you-turn-around-i-will-turn-around-by-ben-clark-2015 In if you turn around I will …
Strong Ties | A Short Interview with Hannah Gamble
Posted in November 18, 2015
Tags: Fall 2015, Hannah Baggott, Hannah Gamble, interview
Hannah Baggott In January of 2013, I had the pleasure of meeting poet Hannah Gamble at Parnassus Books in Nashville, TN, for a reading of her collection Your Invitation to a Modest Breakfast. She signed my copy of her book, …
The Milk Underground: Two Translators Spill Their Secrets
Posted in November 18, 2015
Tags: Fall 2015, Hana Inbar, interview, Millicent Borges Accardi, Robert Manaster, Ronny Someck, translation
Millicent Bórges Accardi Poetry collection The Milk Underground, recently received the Cliff Becker Book Prize in Translation and features poems by Israeli writer Ronny Someck, translated by Hana Inbar and Robert Manaster. Born in Baghdad and immigrated to Israel when he was a young …
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
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 …
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 …