What makes these poems so intensely moving, so worthy of an adoration to match, is...
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Recent Poetry Reviews
As poets—non-journalists—we are frequently caught between conflicting expectations for our art. We are told not...
In the beginning, Wimberley struggles to mourn the loss of home, father, and country. And...
These poems illuminate the seemingly endless cycles of violence that perpetuate government-sanctioned surveillance and incarceration,...
By presenting the reader with twenty-five different translations of the same poem—which deliberately raises questions...
That seems to be what Phillips sets out to do, to keep beginning, and that...
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Recent Fiction Reviews
However, this slim, powerful volume presents a world so viscerally haunting, readers are likely to...
Early in the novella, Rytkheu writes that a “legend could be said to be a...
It’s the sort of literary paradox definitely worth exploring. And it may be the very...
Crawford, like her characters, is not fearful, but bold and courageous in molding a novel...
One might excuse oneself for reading it in a single sitting, as I did, finding...
This is no novel. This is writing about writing itself that explores the intersections between...
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Recent Nonfiction Reviews
At once raw and erudite, this slender book of essays packs a profound wallop. I...
Rust: A Memoir of Steel and Grit
Goldbach’s conservative childhood was mine, and even if it's not yours, it provides a lesson...
Instead, he writes, “my beginning of trauma and violence led me on to a lifetime...
Frank pays affecting tribute to the lives of her mother and sister, both now gone,...
It’s lyrical, textured, natural, and unexpected. While the form these essays take are varied in...
A Hundred Little Pieces on the End of the World
Over the course of ten essays, Rember delivers a withering, if darkly humorous, diagnosis of...