Ace Boggess’s Ultra Deep Field, Reviewed by Richard Allen Taylor
Ace Boggess Ultra Deep Field Brick Road Poetry Press Reviewer: Richard Allen Taylor Ace Boggess is a poet who can circle a campfire, pause at each of the main points of the compass, gaze at the fire, and deliver a different but compelling image from each angle—while keeping the reader engaged and interested through the […]
Mary Makofske’s World Enough, and Time, Reviewed by Lee Rossi
Mary Makofske World Enough, and Time Kelsay Books Reviewer: Lee Rossi A book of poems is like one of those fabulous creatures from a medieval bestiary—part lion, part snake, part bat—not all the parts convinced that they belong together. Mary Makofske’s World Enough, and Time is such a beast, confessional free-verse narratives conjoined with Metaphysical […]
Judy Kronenfeld’s Bird Flying through the Banquet, Reviewed by Ann Wehrman
Judy Kronenfeld Bird Flying through the Banquet FutureCyclePress Reviewer: Ann Wehrman Upon reading and rereading Judy Kronenfeld’s 2017 collection, Bird Flying through the Banquet, as a Western female poet writing today, I recognized more than an esteemed colleague. Kronenfeld’s poems, in their deep centeredness, stillness, and fearless reach, reveal a teacher and a pioneer. At […]
Justin Hamm’s American Ephemeral, Reviewed by Francine Witte
Justin Hamm American Ephemeral Kelsay Books/Aldrich Press Reviewer: Francine Witte If you didn’t take the often-desired road trip through the America’s heartland this past summer, fear not. Justin Hamm’s second book, American Ephemeral, is a beautiful swirl of poetry and photos that just might make you feel as if you are barreling down a highway […]
Eleanor Goodman’s Nine Dragon Island, Reviewed by David E. Poston
Eleanor Goodman Nine Dragon Island Zephyr Press Reviewer: David E. Poston Of her award-winning translation of the poetry of Wang Xiaoni, Eleanor Goodman has written that Wang Xiaoni’s work is marked by “keen detail and the use of ordinary objects—potatoes, trains, mountains, sunlight, dust rags—to create emotional resonance. She leans toward simple but penetrating language, […]
