Teresa Dzieglewicz’s Something Small of How to See a River, Reviewed by Vivian Wagner
Teresa Dzieglewicz Something Small of How to See a River Tupelo Press Reviewer: Vivian Wagner Teresa Dzieglewicz’s Something Small of How to See a River is a beautiful and moving collection of poems that explore the Standing Rock protests over the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline and the poet’s experiences during and after this […]
Xiao Yue Shan’s then telling be the antidote, Reviewed by Vivian Wagner
Xiao Yue Shan then telling be the antidote Tupelo Press Reviewer: Vivian Wagner Xiao Yue Shan’s poetry collection, then telling be the antidote, is an homage to art as a way of making sense of and transforming the world. The collection explores how creativity and imagination are as necessary to survival in challenging circumstances as […]
Michael Hettich’s The Halo of Bees: New & Selected Poems 1990-2022, Reviewed by Vivian Wagner
Michael Hettich The Halo of Bees: New & Selected Poems 1990-2022 Press 53 Reviewer: Vivian Wagner Michael Hettich’s The Halo of Bees is a remarkable collection of poems from several decades, and together they form a kind of tapestry with recurring themes, images, and motifs. Many of the poems explore nature and wilderness, often as […]
Yehoshua November’s The Concealment of Endless Light, Reviewed by Vivian Wagner
Yehoshua November The Concealment of Endless Light Orison Books Reviewer: Vivian Wagner Yehoshua November’s The Concealment of Endless Light is a beautiful and moving exploration of the wavering between hope and hopelessness in our lives. The collection’s poems examine how the profound and the mundane—the light and the sometimes seeming lack of light—are indelibly connected, […]
Francesca Bell’s What Small Sound, Reviewed by Vivian Wagner
What Small Sound Francesca Bell Red Hen Press Reviewer: Vivian Wagner What Small Sound, a new poetry collection by Francesca Bell, is an exploration of life, death, and love, and of the myriad ways these essential elements of human existence intersect and define each other. The poems in this collection don’t offer any easy answers […]
