Andrea Hollander’s Blue Mistaken for Sky, Reviewed by Maria Rouphail
Andrea Hollander Blue Mistaken for Sky Autumn House Press Reviewer: Maria Rouphail Let me confess (to my chagrin) that before I was invited to submit this review of Blue Mistaken for Sky (forthcoming from Pittsburgh’s Autumn House Press), I’d never read the work of award-winning poet, Andrea Hollander. Let me also confess that having sat […]
Lynn Schmeidler’s History of Gone, Reviewed by Cindy Hochman
Lynn Schmeidler History of Gone Veliz Books Reviewer: Cindy Hochman And I have no face, I have effaced myself —Sylvia Plath, “Tulips” A surefire way to get a reader’s attention is to start off with the bona fide disappearance, draped in mystery, of a writer. Throw into the mix the fact that this literary wunderkind […]
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 […]
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, […]
