‘the lake has no saint’ by Stacey Waite Jocelyn Heath PoetryReviews February 21, 2011 3 min readThe smell of crayons in a first grade classroom. Red toadstools under a gum tree. Those minuscule pieces of memory...
‘Coming to Life’ by Joy Ladin Jay Michaelson PoetryReviews February 14, 2011 3 min readI’d like not to tell you about Joy Ladin. I know her professionally, but if I tell you her history,...
‘Tonight No Poetry Will Serve’ by Adrienne Rich Julie R. Enszer PoetryReviews February 7, 2011 4 min readDo you remember the last time you learned something new about an old friend? Were you surprised? Embarrassed? Delighted? As...
‘Amnesiac’ by Duriel E. Harris Julie R. Enszer PoetryReviews January 25, 2011 2 min readConvention insists that I call Amnesiac (Sheep Meadow Press) a collection of poetry, but open Amnesiac and browse through its...
‘Slut Machine’ by Shane Allison Jonathan Alexander PoetryReviews January 16, 2011 4 min readSlut Machine (Queer Mojo) by Shane Allison is a thoroughly enjoyable, frequently raunchy, and poetically compelling account of gay male...
‘Neighbour Procedure’ by Rachel Zolf Julie R. Enszer PoetryReviews January 10, 2011 3 min readI’m tempted to begin with a discussion of the lesbian rule, which is explained in “Afterthought,” a poem—or exegesis? —in...
‘Radiant Losses’ by Tony Leuzzi Michael Klein PoetryReviews January 4, 2011 3 min readMore than anything lost, there’s a great and somewhat sad generosity in Tony Leuzzi’s second book of poems, Radiant Losses....
‘Pleasure’ by Brian Teare Michael Klein PoetryReviews December 8, 2010 2 min readThe poems that Brian Teare writes always seem restless with language itself: the words to say what as much as...
‘Joy Is So Exhausting’ by Susan Holbrook Michelle Beltano Curtis PoetryReviews November 30, 2010 3 min readSusan Holbrook’s Joy Is So Exhausting is a collection of poems filled with clever wordplay and witty recrafting of borrowed...
‘Love Is A Map I Must Not Set On Fire’ by Carol Guess Jocelyn Heath PoetryReviews November 17, 2010 3 min readLove Is A Map I Must Not Set On Fire is and is not a poetry collection. It may or...