by Lydia O'Donnell | Oct 23, 2023 | Magazine Article
Abraham Smith’s latest book, Dear Weirdo, consists of a vibrant 81-page long poem throughout which the reader experiences both Smith’s unique writerly voice and a chorus of countless voices across space and time. The characters in Smith’s poem are not only humans;...
by Dale M. Kushner | Oct 23, 2023 | Magazine Article
After the death of his mother, the French philosopher and literary critic Roland Barthes recorded a note that eventually became his book, Mourning Diary. Barthes wrote: It is, here, the formal beginning of the big, long bereavement. None of us escapes the long...
by Jill Stukenberg | Oct 23, 2023 | Magazine Article
With rich characters at its heart, Elise Gregory’s debut novel The Clayfields entwines readers into its community and sings an ode to contemporary rural life. In this lush novel, Gregory paints unforgettable portraits: of Terra, transported by love to a second life on...
by Anthony Bukoski | Oct 23, 2023 | Magazine Article
My friendship with Jayson Iwen precludes me from reviewing Roze & Blud, his poetry collection. However, I can introduce him to readers and in this way attract attention to his work. The poet and essayist Barton Sutter says that to sell books a writer should have a...
by Sheryl Slocum | Oct 23, 2023 | Magazine Article
Tiny air bubbles pincushion the glasscatching rainbowsso perfectly full of light’s live handtouching also the hair and beardof the man he has become. As he stands abstracted by what he hearsthrough strands of earbuds invisible to me,this glistening listening fills my...
by K.E. McCoy | Oct 23, 2023 | Magazine Article
Someday they will askWhat were they thinking? When the car is hurtlingOff the overpassTowards the riverWhat is the child in the backseatThinkingExcept doors and windows? We bought a canoeMy husband and IAnd set it just outside the window.Sometimes, at night, we...
