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Footeprint

by Lynne Jensen Lampe

Lindsay H. Metcalf’s enthralling biographical novel-in-verse highlights the scientist’s contributions and challenges as an inventor, wife, and mother in the 1800s. "Footeprint" begins with baby Eunice “kicking the glass ceiling /... Read More

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Planting Sunshine

by Brooke Shannon

In Andrée Poulin’s haunting, empathetic novel-in-verse "Planting Sunshine", a boy tries to understand war from the safety of his home. Theo’s story opens on an ordinary afternoon, when he’s playing basketball with his father. But... Read More

Book Review

The Banished and the Dead

by Xenia Dunford

The vibrant poetry collection "The Banished and the Dead" is a stark, deliberate confrontation with the truths people choose to remember and the ones they struggle to name. Anne Leigh Parrish’s vivid poetry collection "The Banished and... Read More

Book Review

The Thorn Key

by Michele Sharpe

Romance and intimacy are not pathways to anyone’s happily-ever-after in the poems of "The Thorn Key", whose entries are seamless in reimagining fairy tales in the context of feminist values. Folklorist Jeana Jorgensen’s muscular... Read More

Book Review

Feel Me

by Michele Sharpe

"Feel Me" is a quite personal collection of poetry and art that records steps toward healing from trauma. In Aily Carranza’s exuberant poetry collection "Feel Me", poems and artwork are therapeutic modalities for healing. Using poetry... Read More

Book Review

The Naming

by Matt Sutherland

The is much to gain from African knowledge, not least an understanding of how one’s ancestors can bless a life. We learn as much from Nigerian poet Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto, a PHD candidate in English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.... Read More

Book Review

Mother, Daughter, Augur

by Matt Sutherland

From June Road Press, a literary micropress, and queer Cleveland writer Mary Simmons, "Mother, Daughter, Augur" opens a realm where femininity, mythology, and Victorian ideals of beauty hold sway and wolves prowl. At Bowling Green State... Read More

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