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    Saint of the Partial Apology–Melissa Atkinson Mercer

    In Melissa Atkinson Mercer’s Saint of the Partial Apology, I’ve rediscovered the terrifying pleasures of awe, of limbs that part like orchids in black rain, of maps made… Read more “Saint of the Partial Apology–Melissa Atkinson Mercer”

    July 24, 2017 by Admin

    The Temple She Became–Rachel Custer

      In her stunning first collection The Temple She Became, Rachel Custer writes, “A moment can be a cathedral.” The poems in this collection delineate life as a kind… Read more “The Temple She Became–Rachel Custer”

    July 18, 2017August 25, 2017 by Admin

    Drugstore Blue–Susana H. Case

    “In Drugstore Blue, Susana H. Case’s speaker is a femme fatale in serious eyeshadow: ‘You need me / like a tongue needs a second / mouth.’ That’s the sound of her… Read more “Drugstore Blue–Susana H. Case”

    July 11, 2017July 11, 2017 by Admin

    Model Organism–Robert Pesich

    How many sights and sounds our routine-framed lives keep us from experiencing. Not until something unusual strikes, something that disrupts these routines, are we apt to pay… Read more “Model Organism–Robert Pesich”

    June 13, 2017June 13, 2017 by Admin

    Spectators: Flash Fictions–Rob Davidson

    This collection of flash fiction grapples with the Western identity vis-à-vis the idea of the spectacle, and was written in response to the visual art and &… Read more “Spectators: Flash Fictions–Rob Davidson”

    June 12, 2017June 13, 2017 by Admin

    Invisible–J.R. Solonche

    This book of poems purposefully presents writing in which the poet himself is absent. Instead of writing about his life or experiences, Solonche focuses on the work… Read more “Invisible–J.R. Solonche”

    May 1, 2017June 29, 2017 by Admin

    A Woman Called Father–Father Teri Harroun

    In her warm and vivid way, Father Harroun explores the intimate terrain of faithful service, of gardens and goats, of bandannas and breaking bread. Her seamless weavings… Read more “A Woman Called Father–Father Teri Harroun”

    April 18, 2017April 18, 2017 by Admin

    Worth the Candle–Gary Glauber

    Worth the Candle by Gary Glauber is a meditation on relationships and interactions in a life where “sidewalks were his daily agenda.” These accessible, narrative, and personal… Read more “Worth the Candle–Gary Glauber”

    April 16, 2017April 16, 2017 by Admin

    The Politics of Division–Emily Jo Scalzo

    “Scalzo’s straightforward style reminds me of how the Beats might have responded had they been catapulted into the wildly contradictory arena of modern politics—an arena in which… Read more “The Politics of Division–Emily Jo Scalzo”

    March 30, 2017April 16, 2017 by Admin

    Blankness, Melancholy, and Other Ways of Dying–Brenna Lemieux

    The characters in this terrific new book by Brenna Lemieux are hybrids worthy of Edward Hopper, Salvador Dali, and Charles Simic. They inhabit their houses, their clothing, their… Read more “Blankness, Melancholy, and Other Ways of Dying–Brenna Lemieux”

    March 17, 2017April 16, 2017 by Admin

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