Angelique Zobitz’s Seraphim, Reviewed by Brian Fanelli

Seraphim Angelique Zobitz CavanKerry Press Reviewer: Brian Fanelli Angelique Zobtiz’s collection Seraphim is bold and fierce. It contains a multitude of voices, including Greek Gods and various other deities, and it references prominent Black women, including bell hooks, Megan Thee Stallion, and Whitney Houston, to name a few. Zobitz has a knack for blending high […]

Luke Johnson’s Quiver, Reviewed by Frank Paino

Luke Johnson Quiver Texas Review Press Reviewer: Frank Paino In 1308, Italian poet and philosopher, Dante Alighieri, began writing his magnum opus, The Divine Comedy, an unforgettable trilogy of canticles in which Dante is led by the great poet, Virgil, along a path that begins with a graphic journey through nine torturous circles of Hell, […]

A. E. Hines’ Adam in the Garden, Reviewed by David E. Poston

A. E. Hines Adam in the Garden Charlotte Lit Press Reviewer: David E. Poston In Adam in the Garden, A. E. Hines uses the biblical tale of the loss of Eden and its repercussions to explore concentric circles of his own life experience. Looking through that archetypal lens allows for an achingly honest and emotionally […]

Joan Barasovska’s Orange Tulips, Reviewed by Jeanne Julian

Orange Tulips Joan Barasovska Redhawk Publications Reviewer: Jeanne Julian The cover illustration of Joan Barasovska’s Orange Tulips, her third book, is an up-close portrait, a black-and-white photograph of a young woman. The subject’s expression is dreamy; there’s a Mona Lisa smile on her lips. But locks of dark hair hide half of the face, and […]

Alan Britt’s The Tavern of Lost Souls, Reviewed by David E. Poston

The Tavern of Lost Souls Alan Britt Červená Barva Press Reviewer: David E. Poston It has been fifty years since Mantras: An Anthology of Immanentist Poetry, edited by Alan Britt, first appeared. Britt has now published twenty-five collections of his own poetry, with The Tavern of Lost Souls being one of two that came out […]