Review by Mindy Kronenberg Jennifer Jean’s new collection of poems, a powerful memoir of both dispirited and defiant vignettes, captures the wistful journey of seeking connection to one’s origins, obtaining a sense of belonging, and enduring the emotional dissonance…
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Review by Ruth Hoberman Melissa Crowe’s Lo (her second collection of poems) is compelling, even suspenseful. Each poem pulls us farther—irresistibly—into the speaker’s rural childhood, through the trauma of molestation, and into the complexities of adulthood. I followed eagerly,…
Review by Carla Panciera Samuel Taylor Coleridge long ago advised readers that, to fully appreciate the magical, the mysterious, the outlandish, we need to suspend our disbelief. That is solid advice for sitting down with Jennifer Fliss’s collection, As…
New Poetry Books Thinking of completing Nicole Sealey’s Poetry Challenge (read one poetry book each day for the month of August)? Check out some of these new releases! Nicelle Davis, The Language of Fractions. Moon Tide Press 2023. Nicelle…
Down Here We Come Up, a novel by Sara Johnson Allen Review by Jane Ward In Down Here We Come Up, 2022 winner of the Black Lawrence Press Big Moose Prize, debut novelist Sara Johnson Allen propels us into the…
Hands Are Necessary When You’re Trying To Reshape The World: Reflections On Bluest Nude by Ama Codjoe Review by Crystal Condakes Karlberg Ama Codjoe is full of questions in, Bluest Nude, her second poetry collection, after Blood of the…
Review by Lara Lillibridge Places We left Behind: A Memoir in Miniature is an essay collection—concise at 74 pages—exploring the cross-cultural marriage between Jennifer Lang, and her French-born and more religious husband. The pair move back and forth between…
Interview by Diane Gottlieb Sending a child off to college or out on her own is an important life passage for parents. While preparing a child to successfully “leave the nest” is the ultimate goal and at least one…
Review by Teresa Tumminello Brader The Geography of First Kisses, winner of Kallisto Gaia Press’s Acacia Prize, is a collection of fourteen short stories by Karin Cecile Davidson, author of the novel Sybelia Drive. The stories vary in that…
Review by DeMisty D. Bellinger Chia-Lun Chang’s debut poetry collection, Prescribee, achieves parity of ornate language and critical thought throughout, shining a spotlight on unfair immigration policies and xenophobia, but still allowing herself to be playful at times and…