Seated next to me on a plane once, I met a man from New Zealand. As […]
Reviews
On two occasions I have observed the sea luminous at considerable depths beneath the surface. […]
Bodies in time and space: A review of Keegan Lester’s ...
Scott Spanbauer’s The Grill is a translation of Adolfo Pardo’s La parrilla (1981), an unnerving depiction of state-sponsored […]
The Many Terrors of Scott Spanbauer’s The Grill
Growing up, my favorite part of going to the doctor was the Animalia panels circling each room. Sometimes, […]
On Donika Kelly’s Bestiary
Ginger Ko’s new collection, Inherit, is, as the name professes, a gathering and rendering of inheritances. The poems […]
Chorus and Cacophony: On the Things We Inherit by Ginger ...
In June of 1998, three white supremacists attacked 49-year-old James Byrd, Jr., chained him by his ankles to […]
Grim Peace That’s Made a Home: A Review of Natalie ...
Jennifer Givhan’s Landscape with Headless Mama, winner of the Pleiades Press Editor’s Prize for poetry, is a haunting […]
On Landscape with Headless Mama by Jennifer Givhan
A busy antique store is nestled less than two blocks from my house, attracting dozens of elderly visitors […]
Lost and Found in Translation: The Lovers’ Phrasebook, poems ...
Joy Ladin’s eighth poetry collection, Fireworks in the Graveyard, is a testimonial of personal transformation. A stunning book […]
Becoming What I’ve Always Been: A Review of Joy Ladin’s ...
Jeffrey Alfier’s latest collection of poetry, Fugue for a Desert Mountain, takes the reader on a […]
Desert Music: A Review of Jeffrey Alfier’s Fugue for a ...
Amelia Martens’s debut collection of prose poems, The Spoons in the Grass Are There to Dig a Moat […]
On Amelia Martens’ The Spoons in the Grass Are There ...
Platypus Press is a U.K.-based literary press. At one end of the length spectrum, they publish a select […]