Francesca Bell’s Bright Stain, Reviewed by Cindy Hochman
Francesca Bell Bright Stain Red Hen Press Reviewer: Cindy Hochman The first poem in Francesca Bell’s sophisticated and street-wise collection Bright Stain begins, like any coming-of-age story worth its salt, with reluctant innocence. Little mouse, lying white on your side like a child in a christening dress— … but snake isn’t interested. … refusing to […]
Florence Weinberger – Inspiration
Inspiration Magnetism, she claims is the source of her inspiration. Our earth’s a gravid rock that begs to be pierced. Perceived. Confessed back to itself. She gives it her mothered tongue dips its grudges, stropped cleavers, embers of dark inheritance into a potion made of potent odes and madrigals. Ejecting its dead clichés its random […]
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: […]
Perry Janes – The Tower
The Tower i. Long Island, 1905. Construction of Tesla’s crown jewel, Wardenclyffe Tower, grinds to a halt as costs exceed their budget. TIME Magazine reports Always someone wanting it all and losing it. Isn’t that right? Let me begin again: Welcome to Tesla’s Million Dollar Folly! It is another gray New York day and the […]
Introduction by John Amen
Introduction by John Amen About 20 years ago, while living in New Orleans, I read Stan Rice’s poetry. A few months after first reading those poems, I met Stan and immediately considered how I’d like to launch a literary magazine and publish some of his work. About 2 years later, at this point living in […]
