Amy Small-McKinney’s & You Think It Ends, Reviewed by Brian Fanelli
Amy Small-McKinney & You Think It Ends Glass Lyre Press Reviewer: Brian Fanelli Though it’s likely Amy Small-McKinney wrote the poems that compose & You Think It Ends before the second Trump administration, her latest work feels particularly relevant, as well as defiant, given the constant onslaught of grim headlines. The collection addresses gun violence, […]
Grace Cavalieri’s Owning the Not So Distant World, Reviewed by Brian Fanelli
Grace Cavalieri Owning the Not So Distant World Blue Light Press Reviewer: Brian Fanelli In her latest collection, Owning the Not So Distant World, Grace Cavalieri taps into memory through very specific images, be it a wedding dress or old furniture, to recount youth, the early stages of a relationship, and also loss. Her new […]
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 […]
Neil Shepard’s The Book of Failures, Reviewed by Brian Fanelli
The Book of Failures Neil Shepard Madville Publishing Reviewer: Brian Fanelli The last few years have been anything but easy. The world has faced a global pandemic and resurgent far-right populism and nationalism. Neil Shepard’s latest collection, The Book of Failures, tackles these issues head-on. The result is one of Shepard’s most socially conscious and […]
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 […]
