Alexis Rhone Fancher – A Nickel For Every Time
A Nickel For Every Time December, again. Bare trees scarecrow the woods. The crunch of leaves underfoot reminds me of those jawbreakers she used to mouth, cracking at them with her back teeth until a molar broke. She’s stubborn like that. Check out her eyes when she’s not getting her way; there’s a storm brewing. […]
Alexis Rhone Fancher’s Brazen, Reviewed by Brian Fanelli
Brazen Alexis Rhone Fancher NYQ Books Reviewer: Brian Fanelli Anyone even slightly familiar with Alexis Rhone Fancher’s work knows that she doesn’t shy away from sexually charged and raunchy poetry. Her collected works for NYQ Books is called Erotic, for example. Her latest, Brazen, continues the tradition of poems that ooze with fierce and bold […]
Beat Not Beat, Reviewed by Brian Fanelli
Beat Not Beat: An Anthology of California Poets Screwing on the Beat and Post-Beat Generation Edited by Rich Ferguson, S.A. Griffin, Alexis Rhone Fancher, Kim Shuck Moon Tide Press Reviewer: Brian Fanelli Beat Not Beat, edited by Rich Ferguson, S.A. Griffin, Alexis Rhone Fancher, and Kim Shuck, may be an anthology inspired by the Beat […]
Alexis Rhone Fancher – On Fire
On Fire “Nothing good happens after midnight.” — Joe Kenda Singed. The moon, smudged against the night. A bonfire at Venice Beach. Tangerine flames torch the dark. You lick me. When I come, you pull away. Next morning: A note slipped under your door. No one escapes unscathed. You think I mean kindling. Over cocktails: […]
Alexis Rhone Fancher’s Erotic: New & Selected, Reviewed by Ann Wehrman
Alexis Rhone Fancher Erotic: New & Selected NYQ Books Reviewer: Ann Wehrman Erotic: New & Selected showcases eighty poems by Alexis Rhone Fancher, accompanied by her original photography. Reflecting on erotic experiences as an adult and reaching back into girlhood, the narrative and prose poems chronicle passionate encounters and relationships in vignettes that sizzle with […]