In short, lush lines on expansive subjects, Melissa Studdard deftly guides her debut poetry collection, I Ate the Cosmos for Breakfast, through cycles of time, space and emotion. Read More
The sea: perhaps the original literary symbol, embodying life, death, and endless change. The fog: mysterious, atmospheric, and sometimes deadly. Etel Adnan’s new collection, named for the elements on which it meditates, offers darkly contemplative verse pondering the contemporary human condition.
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That which is noctilucent sends self-generated light through the darkness. Night-shining clouds high in the atmosphere, for instance. Stars. A...
Amy King’s poems aren’t a walk in the park. They’re a hustle down a city street, an unflinching look at...
Red cow, blue cow, black cow. A golden calf and a moon-jumping heifer. Figures that often grace pastoral landscapes or children's books have wandered into the realm of poetry. Susan Hawthorne’s latest collection, Cow, blends the bovine figure with ancient mythologies to re-envision history for modern women. Read More
Daphne Gottlieb’s latest poetry collection, true to its title, is a fight for survival in a world rife with conflict, oppression, disaster, and heartbreak. There is no respite. Moments of pure beauty are so few as to be jarring. This is poetry that tells its unflinching truth. Read More
“Free” is universally appreciated concept. Free items, free expression, and of course, freedom from constraints or burdens—all of these figure...
Poets, whether by design or accident, capture and preserve a moment in time with every poem. This is particularly true...
The smell of crayons in a first grade classroom. Red toadstools under a gum tree. Those minuscule pieces of memory...
Love Is A Map I Must Not Set On Fire is and is not a poetry collection. It may or...
