The performative nature of the collection is evident from the first prose; Framework : a Vessel introduces the […]
Prose
His name was Rodrick and they called him Roddy. He was fourteen, a little short for his age, […]
A House in the Woods by Jerry Whitus
Mark scans the chalkboard for anything edible. Behind the stainless-steel counter, Joe wears a hairnet over his bald […]
Showtime by Anthony D’Aries
The New Kid (1962) The new kid, bigger by a head than even the tallest girl, Maryanne, who […]
Excerpt from True Confessions (and brief dreams) in a Time ...
W.J. Herbert’s Dear Specimen is full of apostrophe; these poems address, in absentia, the “you”s of trilobites and […]
On W.J. Herbert’s Dear Specimen: A Review by Jane Zwart
My handwriting has become strange to me. It feels more like labor, less like magic thinking forward into […]
Realia by Jennifer K. Sweeney
It was Thursday, market day in Asmara, Eritrea, the country boarded by the Red Sea. Seated on a […]
Spoiled by Banci Tewolde
Slide 1 The way it happens in my family is this: the dead body gets donated to a […]
Imitation of Life by Zack Finch
This book could have been written only by a poet of long life and experience. As the reader […]
On Paul Nemser’s A Thousand Curves: A Review by Aline ...
The first sound I heard emerging from the pages of Elizabeth Metzger’s prize-winning collection, Bed, was a cry […]
Beyond Dread: A Review Essay on Elizabeth Metzger’s Bed by ...
A book of poems is a curious thing. Quite different from a novel, it seems to be closer […]
Love Poems Not for the Faint of Heart: A Review ...
The first time I went with Estrella into the woods, my mother was still alive. Earlier that day, […]