Poetry. "These poems--at times dark and troubling, at other times passionate and openhearted--are the work of a very talented poet. MADSTONES is a book worthy of a smart and attentive audience."--Ron
Poetry. "If it's indeed darkest before the dawn, then we should immerse ourselves in Joseph Harrington's OF SOME SKY and hope—because it doesn't get much darker than this. This book surveys the
Poetry. "One of our greatest and most consummate poets, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, offers 80 poems in this collection, closely observing her Self and the planet she inhabits. She asks urgent existential q
Poetry. Literary Nonfiction. California Interest. Women's Studies. Art. LECTURE NOTES: A DURATION POEM IN TWELVE PARTS makes that subtle shift from seemingly raw appropriation to an act of art history
Poetry. Like all of Stephen Bett's recent books of poetry, this, his 22nd,is a serial poem, "minimalist" in its poetics, and subtle enough to sustain repeated readings. The title is self-explanatory:
Poetry. "billy cancel's new book of poetry, MOCK TROUGH RASPING CROW arrives with a giant bang! He is our era's John Donne, doused with the spittle of Mark E. Smith, while he dances to Captain Beefhea
Poetry. "Kevin DiCamillo's poems are so finely tuned that they risk calling the reader's attention too exclusively to their form and to all the fragile echoes from other writers that haunt them. This
Poetry. Illustrations by Mickey Harmon. COLOR ME WHITE focuses on straight white males, and what is often called toxic masculinity—a topic only aggravated by the current political climate. As Just Buf
Literary Nonfiction. California Interest. Contributors include: Stephen Collis, CAConrad, Matthew Cooperman & Aby Kaupang, Adam Dickinson, Suzi F. Garcia, Brenda Hillman, Brenda Iijima, Anna Lena Phil
Poetry. UNRULY is a book of rude girl poems describing threesomes, freewheeling, Joan of Arc, naked mole rats, and other R-rated things. It is also a book about overcoming an upbringing in the Bible B
Poetry. "Let's twin and twine together two primary aspects of how America can see herself—the good atoms of Whitman's leaves of grass, and the engines humming their freedom on the highways that cut ac
Fiction. "If these stories were mousetraps, we should all be mice. They are enticing and snap without warning, but the real surprise is their grace. The survivors escape a wee bit wiser, more alert, a
Poetry. "THE MERCURY POEM sifts through the aftermath of nuclear meltdown and lets the senses piece us together. A puzzle: in this our time of ever-expanding exclusion zones, how to take cover / take
Poetry. "It's a rare poet who can look the muse in the eye and speak through or with her as Reese has done in this fragmentary and insightful collection, which reads both as a form of exegesis, litera
