At the Kinnegad Home for the Bewildered
Aug, 08 2019 | no responses
Throughout his new poems, Levine operates as a poetic pantheist, locating vitality in the ordinary and “extraordinary” alike.
Poetry
Aug, 06 2019 | no responses
The most important thing about these edits is that the old words are not simply erased or supplanted by new words. The marks keep the original terms in view, even as they significantly qualify them.
Jul, 25 2019 | no responses
There are so many angles to loss, and as the speaker’s voice bellows in this collection, McKibbens reveals the complexity of pain—even when its face is anger.
Jul, 24 2019 | no responses
Images are repeated and inverted; sentences flip syntax along with their corresponding sounds. All this builds into a dense brick of repeated words so tightly woven that it appears a singular object.
Jul, 23 2019 | no responses
I approach a new book by Yau as I do a new film by my favorite auteur director: I don’t watch the preview, I just crave more evidence of the artist’s mind at work.
Everyone Rides the Bus in a City of Losers
Jul, 22 2019 | no responses
Charting this particular topography of the down-and-out, Freure picks up the flip side of success and examines it through the specific locality of Montreal.