by Anita Olivia Koester | Jul 19, 2018
The True Book of Animal Homes by Allison Titus Saturnalia Books, 2017. Jorges Luis Borges’ short essay, the title of which translates as “The Analytical Language of John Wilkins,” insists on the inability to ever be able to classify the world, because such a...
by Anita Olivia Koester | May 18, 2018
Age of Glass by Anna Maria Hong Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 2018 The sonnet is inexhaustible. Magnetic, mesmerizing, bewitching, nearly every poet is drawn to the form at some point in their career, whether they long to write the perfect sonnet, the...
by Anita Olivia Koester | Mar 26, 2018
Siren by Kateri Lanthier Signal Editions, 2017. “I sing these songs all through the dark, after everyone’s left.” The myth of the sirens has been used throughout history, to shame women or empower them, but always to warn men—women too can be dangerous. Their...
by Anita Olivia Koester | Oct 16, 2017
Marvels of the Invisible Universe by Jenny Molberg Tupelo Press. 2017. “I walked the tide’s edge / to hear the waves’ hushed dirge,” Jenny Molberg writes in her debut collection Marvels of the Invisible, and the reader walks beside her, line by line, listening to the...
