Brett Elizabeth Jenkins’ Brilliant Little Body, Reviewed by Shawn Pavey
Brett Elizabeth Jenkins Brilliant Little Body Riot in Your Throat Reviewer: Shawn Pavey Brilliant Little Body is Brett Elizabeth Jenkins’ first full-length collection. This volume, from Riot In Your Throat, is a beautifully designed book with a striking cover image by Beth Madeley. From the opening poem, it becomes evident that what I witnessed at […]
Sean Thomas Dougherty’s Death Prefers the Minor Keys, Reviewed by Shawn Pavey
Death Prefers the Minor Keys Sean Thomas Dougherty BOA Editions Ltd. Reviewer: Shawn Pavey What Sean Thomas Dougherty accomplishes with this sizable collection of prose poems is miraculous, a word not to be used lightly. I stand by it because these poems, with their unflinching openness and lyrical musicality, are powerful and vibrant and innovative. […]
Richard Vargas’s Leaving a Tip at the Blue Moon Motel, Reviewed by Shawn Pavey
Leaving a Tip at the Blue Moon Motel Richard Vargas Casa Urraca Press Reviewer: Shawn Pavey Having followed the work of Richard Vargas since his first collection, 2005’s McLife, I’m not surprised to find that Leaving a Tip at the Blue Moon Motel is filled with poems that explore, in depth, that inescapable yet spirit […]
George Franklin’s Remote Cities, Reviewed by Shawn Pavey
Remote Cities George Franklin Sheila-Na-Gig Editions Reviewer: Shawn Pavey George Franklin’s exquisite Remote Cities is, as John Burt expertly points out on his back-cover blurb, a collection of “poems for grown-ups.” These mature, honed, expertly crafted poems display for the reader Franklin’s current existence in Miami and his memories of travel. His unflinching imagery and […]
Blowing Thru Secaucus by George Wallace and Friends, Reviewed by Shawn Pavey
Audio Project: Blowing Through Secaucus George Wallace and Friends (available on streaming platforms) drawn from Poetry Collection Blowing Through Secaucus George Wallace Gutter Snob Books Reviewer: Shawn Pavey You think New Jersey, you think wise guys. It just happens. George Wallace knows this. He’s going to tell you about them. In fact, he’s going to […]
