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: Scienza Nuova by Carrie Hunter
Posted in August 22, 2015
Tags: Carrie Hunter, Elizabeth Kate Switaj, Little Red Leaves Textile Series, review, Summer 2015
Review: Hominid Up by Neil Shepard
Posted in August 22, 2015
Tags: Brian Fanelli, Neil Shepard, review, Salmon Poetry, Summer 2015
Brian Fanelli Hominid Up Neil Shepard Salmon Poetry Paperback, 86 pages ISBN: 978-1-908836-95-3 http://www.salmonpoetry.com/details.php?ID=350&a=266 In some ways, Neil Shepard’s sixth book of poems, Hominid Up, feels representative of his body of work to date, in that the book contains a …
Review: Paradise Drive by Rebecca Foust
Posted in August 22, 2015
Tags: Rebecca Foust, review, Summer 2015, Vicki Hudson, Winston-Salem: Press 53
Vicki Hudson Paradise Drive Rebecca Foust Winston-Salem: Press 53 Softbound, 114 pp 978-1-941209-16-5 http://www.press53.com/Award_for_Poetry.html The titular poem in Rebecca Foust’s Paradise Drive richly envelopes the reader’s senses, beginning the submersion into Foust’s exquisite collection of sonnets. “Roses blooming straight through …
Review: Through A Garden Gate by Charlotte Mandel (poems) and Vincent Covello (photographs)
Posted in April 6, 2015
Tags: Charlotte Mandel, review, Sander Zulauf, Spring 2015, Vincent Covello
Sander Zulauf Through A Garden Gate Poems by Charlotte Mandel Photographs by Vincent Covello Cincinnati, OH: David Robert Books, 2015 Paper. 60pp. $20.00. ISBN: 978-1-625491-213 www.davidrobertbooks.com After this bitter cold, relentless, dangerous winter of 2015, what better to cheer the …
Review: Swimming in the Rain: New and Selected Poems 1980-2015 by Chana Bloch
Posted in April 6, 2015
Tags: Chana Bloch, Charlotte Mandel, review, Spring 2015
Charlotte Mandel Swimming in the Rain: New and Selected Poems 1980-2015 Chana Bloch Autumn House Press, Pittsburgh, PA, 2015 Paper, 221 pp, $19.95 ISBN 978-1-938769-00-9 http://www.autumnhouse.org/product/swimming-in-the-rain-new-and-selected-poems-1980-2015-by-chana-bloch/ Chana Bloch’s new collection, titled Swimming in the Rain: New and Selected Poems 1980-2015, …
Review: Reckless Lovely by Martha Silano
Posted in April 6, 2015
Tags: Lesley Wheeler, Martha Silano, review, Spring 2015
Lesley Wheeler Reckless Lovely Martha Silano Saturnalia Books, 2014 Paperback, 80 pages ISBN: 978-0-9899797-1-9 http://www.saturnaliabooks.com/?q=node/81 I am currently teaching an undergraduate seminar on Mid-Twentieth-Century American Poetry, a course full …
Review: Frozen Latitudes by Therése Halscheid
Posted in April 6, 2015
Tags: Ann E. Michael, review, Spring 2015, Therése Halscheid
Ann E. Michael, PQ Contributing Editor Frozen Latitudes Therése Halscheid Press 53, 2014 Paperback, 75 pp. $14.95 ISBN 978-1-941209-12-7 www.measurepress.com Therése Halscheid’s latest collection begins with the cold: “icy flakes” and “sentence after sentence moving words/over the winter earth.” She …
Review: Habeas Corpus by Cindy Hochman
Posted in April 6, 2015
Tags: Arthur McMaster, Cindy Hochman, review, Spring 2015
Arthur McMaster, PQ Contributing Editor Habeas Corpus by Cindy Hochman Glass Lyre Press Paper, 2015, 27 pages ISBN: 978-1-941783-02-3 http://www.glasslyrepress.com/catalogue.html Cindy Hochman knows what makes a memorable poem—fresh use of language and captivating imagery, of course, but equally so “that …
Review: Lillie was a goddess, Lillie was a whore by Penelope Scambly Schott
Posted in April 6, 2015
Tags: Penelope Scambly Schott, review, Spring 2015, Therése Halscheid
Therése Halscheid Lillie was a goddess, Lillie was a whore Penelope Scambly Schott Mayapple Press, 2013 Perfect bound, 85 pages ISBN: 978-1-936419-25-8 Purchase: Mayapple Press From a prone prostitute to a flower of purity—Penelope Scambly Schott examines all manner of …
Review: Naked by Donnelle McGee
Posted in April 6, 2015
Tags: Brian Fanelli, Donnelle McGee, review, Spring 2015
Brian Fanelli, PQ Contributing Editor Naked Donnelle McGee Unbound Content Paperback, 110 pages ISBN-13: 978-1936373437 http://unboundcontent.com/naked-by-donnelle-mcgee/ In his manifesto “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain,” Langston Hughes defines blues and jazz as a “revolt against weariness in a white …