Thaddeus Rutkowski’s Border Crossings, Reviewed by Charles Rammelkamp
Thaddeus Rutkowski Border Crossings Sensitive Skin Books Reviewer: Charles Rammelkamp Thaddeus Rutkowski writes about nature with an implicit reverence, a feeling of awe, that is almost Buddhist in perspective. Take the poem, “The Wild” from his new collection: Animal tracks in snow— footloose paw prints— go across my path, and vanish into the woods. Every […]
Introduction by Editors Bruce Boston and Marge Simon
Introduction by Bruce Boston and Marge Simon Spend five days in the park like you never have before. Travel the last fifteen years of Nikola Tesla’s troubled and unfulfilled life. Watch a small child fashion a golem from clay to protect her home from invading armies. Listen to its consciousness as it comes to life. […]
Stefan Lovasik’s Absolution, Reviewed by George Drew
Stefan Lovasik Absolution Main Street Rag Reviewer: George Drew Stefan Lovasik’s Absolution is ostensibly about war, in his case the Vietnam War, its social and cultural ramifications and the resultant war within, its playing out over time emotionally and spiritually. And about war it is, especially in the first and second of its three sections: […]
Eric Greinke’s and Alison Stone’s Masterplan, Reviewed by Brian Fanelli
Eric Greinke and Alison Stone Masterplan Presa Press Reviewed by Brian Fanelli Masterplan is a book to read at this moment, a collaboration that addresses the 24/7 news cycle, rampant consumerism, and pop culture. Some of the poems hit as hard and as fast as a two-minute punk song, while others are meditative and lyrical, […]
