News Literary News Update 6 12 Aug 202313 Aug 2023 Recent Poetry Publications: "Patrick's Death" appears in Rhino 2023, 99-100 "Saturday Morning Service" appears in CCAR Journal, LXX /II, spring 2023, pp. 116-117 "Deaf and Loud" and "A Moment in…
Book Reviews… As with Vigor, As with Pain, a Review of Lara Egger’s “How to Love Everyone and Almost Get Away with It” 12 Aug 2023 (Review published here in The Rumpus, July 2023) Richard Hugo in his seminal essay "The Triggering Town" writes, "Most poets write the same poem over and over. Wallace Stevens was…
Book Reviews… Review of Akwaeke Emezi’s Content Warning: Everything 12 Aug 2023 (Review published here in Colorado Review, July 2023) At one point in their debut poetry book, Content Warning: Everything, New York Times best-selling author Akwaeke Emezi (they/them) is "a…
Book Reviews… Through Our Water Like Fingers, a Review of Millicent Borges Accardi’s “Quarantine Highway” 12 Aug 202312 Aug 2023 (Review published here in South 85 Journal, July 2023) Ideological, sentimental, or unfocused urgency are just some of the challenges to overcome when creating poetry about a collective tragedy, especially…
News Literary News Update 5 1 Sep 202213 Feb 2023 Recent Poetry Publications: "Post Yom Kippur" appears here in 45th Parallel, Issue No. 7 (August 30, 2022) "Late Season Slump" appears here in Flying Island Literary Review, Edition 4.22 (April…
Book Reviews… Lyrical Edginess, a Review of Jake Skeets’ “Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers” 25 Mar 2022 This review is not online... "Lyrical Edginess, a Review of Jake Skeets' Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers in Tar River Poetry, Volume 61, Number 1, fall 2021,…
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