Poetry. "Sometimes surreal, always evocative, Judith Skillman's poems seem to well up from an inner hot spring. This collection is the latest in a lengthy and rich body of work. Not merely a keen obse
Poetry. "There is great wit and a sly, honed gravitas in these poems. Florence Weinberger wrestles the ineluctable irony at work in every aspect of our lives, and wins; each poem provides a practical
Magazine. Poetry. Reviews. SPILLWAY 26 is the first with editors Marsha de la O and Phil Taggart. This volume includes an interview with Patricia Smith; and features poetry by Mariano Zaro, Kim Young,
Poetry. "Donna Hilbert's poems are brave, unsparing and heartfelt revealing a woman's life in a way that is universal. Her voice is confident and dodges nothing. Her poems don't waste a word. One want
Poetry. "Gayle Kaune's third book, NOISE FROM STARS, is a collection of lyric poems, rich in sense of place, surprise, and imagination. Kaune's mind takes quick leaps, sometimes shifting point of view
Poetry. "In Ezra Dan Feldman's luminously postmodern HABITAT OF STONES, 'omens are aerial,' clouds thicken -- in a deliciously precise observation -- 'like marble cake,' and 'the arrogant man' (having
Poetry. The New World Translation Series Number 5. Translated by Jon Davis and Christopher Merrill. "The Iraq that appears in DAYPLACES is a literary construct as well as a political and historical fa
Poetry. "Susan Landgraf's book, WHAT WE BURY CHANGES THE GROUND is layered in history and the beauty of well-told stories. Here we enter into a world built from nature and narrative, nurture and nouri
Poetry. Second Edition with an introduction by David St. John. "A brandishment of insouciant play, Jeanette Marie Clough's FLOURISH is a 'bold or extravagant gesture or action' from start to finish. L
Poetry. "Jackson Burgess is a phenomenal young poet, and whether he's writing against the backdrops of Los Angeles (and its dark underworld) or the bohemian gloss of Paris, he is the most urgent and r
Poetry. "Although Ephraim Scott Sommers' smart, terrifying poems deny the safety of arrival, they remain in their rejection of closure stubbornly, improbably hopeful. Not for redemption or peace of mi
Poetry. "In this spectacular debut collection, Brenda Yates reminds us that "bodily" knowledge is also a worldly knowledge—that is, an understanding of our own shifting circumstances—as
Poetry. Art by Lorna Stevens. "Rebecca Foust knows what goes on in 'the cricket-sung, grass-sweet dark,' and she isn't afraid to sing it. If there are moments of anxiety, intimations of mortality--if,
Poetry. "Sallie Bingham's poems forge the light and darkness to shape a body of work that engages and shines. The past and the present, the inner and the outer, are all drawn precisely with small wisd
Bruce Boston often places his poems at a balance point between what is and what's left. The tenses here are purposeful the measure is not nostalgia but a carefully nuanced reckoning of the view. "I ga
