by McKenzie Lynn Tozan | Jul 26, 2020
Louder Birds by Angela Voras-Hills LSU Press, 2020 From the first moment I stepped into Angela Voras-Hills’ collection, Louder Birds, I knew I was in the presence of something vital. The collection opens with the particularly captivating poem, “Retrospective,”...
by Hannah Cobb | Jun 27, 2020
As One Fire Consumes Another by John Sibley Williams Orison Books, 2019 It is 2020 and it seems that we all feel immersed in destruction. Destruction surrounds us and we struggle to understand our own complicity in it. This was true when John Sibley Willams’...
by Anne Graue | Jun 19, 2020
tether by Lisa Fay Coutley Black Lawrence Press, 2020 To be tethered to something can be a good thing, can feel safe and secure, can feel necessary. Right now, we are tethered to a situation, to our homes, to our work, to our families, to uncertainty. Even...
by Jose Hernandez Diaz | Jun 17, 2020
Body of Render by Felicia Zamora Red Hen Press, 2020 In “Body of Render,” Felicia Zamora cleverly employs mini-prose poems and collage-like fragmentation, similar to previous collections, but what makes this book stand out is her attention to the current...
by Sarah Giragosian | Jun 15, 2020
Ballast by Alyse Knorr Seven Kitchens Press, 2019 “A teacher once told me poetry is wanting/ always to close itself, so you must constantly/ begin anew, over and over again—you must/ create whole new worlds every time you write,” states Alyse Knorr’s speaker in...
by Jacob Rivers | May 28, 2020
Keep This To Yourself by Kerrin McCadden Button Poetry, 2020 “I search Craiglist for sadness: a white couch the only result,” begins “Weeks After My Brother Overdoses,” the final poem in Kerrin McCadden’s chapbook, Keep This to Yourself (Button Poetry 2020)....
