Amelia Ada
Like It Or Not
On Colonialism and Climate Crisis
Laura Villareal
Muse Found in a Colonized Body, by Yesenia Montilla. Four Way Books, 108pp., $17.95
banana [ ], by Paul Hlava Ceballos. University of Pittsburgh Press, pp.
… Read the rest “Stay With Me”: A Review, and a Case for Difficulty
Corey Van Landingham
Canopy, by Linda Gregerson. Mariner Books, 96 pp., $14.95.
Lion’s Paw, by Kathleen Peirce. Miami University Press, 78 pp., $20.
Best Barbarian, by Roger Reeves.
… Read the rest This Long Winding Line: A Poetry Retrospective
"Soto’s work reminds us that the San Joaquin Valley remains a 'place of wonderment—yes, wonderment,' whose people are, among other things, complex, hard-working, faithful, imaginative, hopeful, caring, animated, cultured, enduring."
Marginalia: Ron Tanner on Steve Almond
All the Secrets of the World, by Steve Almond. Zando Projects, 416 ppl, $28.
For twenty years, Steve Almond has enjoyed a widely-lauded career as a writer of short … Read the rest
No Longer the Bystander
By Esteban Rodríguez
Why the Assembly Disbanded, by Roberto Tejada. Fordham University Press, 88 pp., $16.95.
instrumentation for distributed empathy monetization, by William Lessard. Kernpunkt Press, 40 pp.,
… Read the rest Four Takes: Devon Walker-Figueroa’s PHILOMATH
"In the hands of Walker-Figueroa ... enjambment is not just a craft technique—hers is an existential enjambment."
Mythmaking in Three Debuts
By Laura Villareal
Swallowed Light, by Michael Wasson. Copper Canyon Press, 96 pp., $17.
Philomath, by Devin Walker-Figueroa. Milkweed Editions, 104 pp., $16.
Headless John the Baptist Hitchhiking,
… Read the rest One Vast Shadow: The Poetry of (Self)Perspective
Split the Lark: Shara Lessley on Contemporary Poetry
Brocken Spectre, by Jacques Rancourt. Alice James Books, 100 pp., $18.95.
West Portal, by Benjamin Gucciardi. Unviersity of Utah Press, 64
… Read the rest This Long Winding Line: A Poetry Retrospective
"Kyrie’s sonnets aren’t only in conversation with historical events ... but with the history of verse itself."
