He expertly ties individual stories into larger themes of Jordanian identity, without losing focus on his narratives. The late Tayseer al-Sboul was considered one of Jordan’s most respected writers, a poet and author with a knack for... Read More

Froelich’s Ladder delights with its wit and imagination. Bristling with the bizarre, Jamie Duclos-Yourdon’s Froelich’s Ladder is a fantastical commentary on humanity’s interconnectedness. Wrapped in the trappings of American tall... Read More

There is holiness in the stillness and the wild, as it becomes clear in Margo Wheaton’s new collection. Her poems speak of the ways that the earth’s movements translate through human bodies. They personify winds and snows, while... Read More

There are good dragons and there are bad dragons, pronounces a new mother in Melissa Dickey’s poetry collection. "Dragons" encapsulates the potency of modern womanhood, with its fearsome potentiality and its perceived limits, and... Read More

Orit Gidali’s poetry reflects segments of the contemporary Israeli psyche: awareness of fragility; a ferocious love for a complex inheritance; and a desire for the cessation of violence, as much for one side as for the other.... Read More