All the Rage. Like something that’s trending. Or a collection of fury. Or, as in Rosamond S. King’s […] Living is Impossible Without Life: A Review of Rosamond ...September 6, 2021 in Reviews tagged Tom Griffen by Kristina Marie Darling
First, a portion of “American Arithmetic” to set the tone: At the National Museum of the American Indian, […] Snakebites and Sky Hooks: Natalie Diaz’s Postcolonial Love PoemNovember 1, 2020 in Reviews tagged Tom Griffen by Kristina Marie Darling
What we do: a statement and question. The sorts of ways we interact with life and death, delights […] “The Most Important Word: A Review of Michele Bombardier’s What ...January 28, 2020 in Reviews tagged Michele Bombardier / Tom Griffen by Kristina Marie Darling
The first image within A Story of America Goes Walking depicts a large black “X” speeding across two […] A Story of America Goes Walking by Saara Myrene Raapana ...February 27, 2018 in Reviews tagged Rebekah Wilkins-Pepiton / Saara Myrene Raapana / Tom Griffen by Kristina Marie Darling
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 ...July 2, 2017 in Reviews tagged Joy Ladin / Tom Griffen by Kristina Marie Darling
And he threw them rags all up in the air and into the palm of that hand, and […] It’s All in the Wind: A Review of Olio by ...November 28, 2016 in Reviews tagged Tom Griffen / Tyehimba Jess by Kristina Marie Darling
The collection’s first poem is a call to attention. A tolling. “Belle,” and its homophonic first line, “The […] This Is How We Will Mourn: On Ashaki M. Jackson’s ...July 30, 2016 in Reviews tagged Ashaki M. Jackson / Tom Griffen by Kristina Marie Darling