Review by Nicelle Davis The Odyssey Reimagined: A Review of Odysseus’ Daughter by Cammy Thomas Odysseus’ Daughter by Cammy Thomas offers a fresh and intimate retelling of The Odyssey, presenting the legendary tale through first-person narratives that breathe new…
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Review by Amanda K. Jaros As a mother, backpacker, and nature lover, I’ll pick up any book on these themes. It’s rare to find a book that covers all three. So, I was delighted to read Andrea Lani’s Uphill…
Review by Jesse Breite Rediscovering Motherhood: A Review of Lodged in the Belly by Jennifer Hyde Dracos-Tice “I want to see the afterbirth” writes Jennifer Hyde Dracos-Tice in the opening poem of Lodged in the Belly (Main Street…
Review by Deborah Leipziger In a time where we need courage, Linda Carney-Goodrich’s poems help make us brave. In her first collection, Dot Girl, she breaks new ground in her searing poems of redemption and transformation. She takes us…
Review by Melanie McGehee In A Measure of Intelligence, Pepper Stetler journeys through history to discover how and why society has come to define and measure intelligence as we do. She purposes to challenge our thinking, ultimately hoping for…
Review by Emily Webber Laura Chow Reeve’s debut story collection, A Small Apocalypse, takes place in the wildness of Florida, following a group of queer friends in mostly interlinked stories as they form bonds with each other, defy expectations,…
Review by Carol Dorf chigger ridge, the winner of The Word Works: Tenth Gate Prize, chosen by Sandra Lim, is Nicole Callihan’s third full-length poetry collection. Callihan has also published three poetry chapbooks and a novella. This coming of…
Review by Jiwon Choi Jen Karetnick’s new poetry collection offers up layers of understanding and wisdom on how to live in our wild and crazy times. The poems that make up Inheritance with a High Error Rate operate…
Review by DeMisty D. Bellinger Jennifer Case’s second essay collection, We Are Animals: On the Nature and Politics of Motherhood (Trinity University Press, 2024), offers a raw and tender look at birth and motherhood in present-day America. Case exposes…
Review by Jill Koren Winner of the 2023 Lexi Rudnitsky Editor’s Choice Award, Allison Blevins’s fifth full-length book, Where Will We Live if The House Burns Down? (Persea Books, 2024) certainly does its work in honoring the “playful love…