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Severalty

by Jeana Jorgensen

About gardening, nature, medical trauma, and motherhood, the poems of Laura Da’s "Severalty" reflect on what happens when people are severed from their heritage and identity. Severalty, a synonym for separateness, appears to mark... Read More

Book Review

small lives

by Brooke Shannon

In Gary Jackson’s stories-in-poems, superhumans of color navigate violence, visibility, and legacies in the fractured US. Rather than battling traditional villains, Jackson’s superheroes—the Invincible Woman, the Telepath, and the... Read More

Book Review

Oleander Marriage

by Bella Moses

Eleanor Lerman’s poignant poetry collection reflects on the forces of nostalgia, love, loss, and grief that shape personal and communal history. Oleander, a flowering shrub known for its stunning beauty and dangerous toxicity, is... Read More

Book Review

Reprise

by M. W. Merritt

"Reprise" is a brief, affecting poetry collection that seeks meaning amid political chaos. Victor Marrero’s "Reprise" is a collection of eleven poems on the time between the world wars and the rise of tyranny, grief, and repetition.... Read More

Book Review

The Poetry Contest

by Katy Keffer

A poet trades duties with AI in the experimental collection "The Poetry Contest", which reflects on places, animals, and intangible aspects of the human condition. Lyman Ditson’s poetry collection "The Poetry Contest" studies life... Read More

Book Review

Oh Give Me a Home

by Jennifer Maveety

Jane Kurtz’s touching memoir in verse "Oh Give Me a Home" is about belonging and sisterhood. In Maji, Ethiopia, young Kurtz and her family laid down roots after her father helped the community build a waterwheel. As a child, Kurtz... Read More

Book Review

Southern Bred

by Matt Sutherland

Please don’t try this at home—penning fifty gothic memories in individual poems as a memoir—unless you’re comfortable being known as Father Goose, live in a tree house, write for the likes of The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, and... Read More

Book Review

This Eye Is for Seeing Stars

by Matt Sutherland

When she’s raising a young child, a mother’s day often finds her of two minds: one, not so different from other women; the other, sharing the eyes, ears, and minute-by-minute miracles that come with her flesh and blood experiencing... Read More

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