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 …
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Review: Naked by Donnelle McGee
Posted in April 6, 2015
Tags: Brian Fanelli, Donnelle McGee, review, Spring 2015
Review: Divining the Prime Meridian by Carol Smallwood
Posted in April 6, 2015
Tags: Carol Smallwood, Nancy Means Wright, review, Spring 2015
Nancy Means Wright Divining the Prime Meridian Carol Smallwood Word Poetry, 2015 Trade paper, 118 pages 978-1-62549-111-4 http://www.wordpoetrybooks.com/smallwood.html Poet Carol Smallwood knows how to tell the truth slant, as Emily Dickinson advised, with double meanings, like the prime meridian in …
Review: The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2014
Posted in April 6, 2015
Tags: Lori A May, Molly Peacock, review, Sonnet L'Abbe, Spring 2015
Lori A. May, PQ Founder and Past Editor-in-Chief The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2014 Guest Editor: Sonnet L’Abbe Series Editor: Molly Peacock Tightrope Books, Nov 2014 ISBN: 978-1926639833 http://tightropebooks.com/best-canadian-poetry-2014/ This is a biased review. I confess bias since I’ve …
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 …
Review: Everyone I Love Is A Stranger to Someone by Annelyse Gelman
Posted in October 11, 2014
Tags: Annelyse Gelman, Fall 2014, John McCarthy, review, Write Bloody Publishing
John McCarthy, PQ Contributing Editor Everyone I Love Is A Stranger To Someone Annelyse Gelman Write Bloody Publishing Paperback, 80 pages 978-1938912429 http://writebloody.com/shop/products/everyone-i-love-is-a-stranger-to-someone-by-annelyse-gelman/ Encountering a book as self-aware and honest as Annelyse Gelman’s Everyone I Love is a Stranger …
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
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 …
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 …
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 …