"Accidental Gardens" is a rich essay collection that imparts the inherent value of writing poems and essays, which can be both impactful and fun. Inspired by the Japanese writing form haibun, the forty-two essays in Rob Carney’s... Read More

A Child’s Christmas in San Francisco is a short and sweet regional poetry collection that includes light doses of history and entertainment. John Briscoe’s A Child’s Christmas in San Francisco is an ode to the city’s culinary and... Read More

Often fiery and always authentic, the poems collected in "Feed the White Wolf" are fearless in addressing addiction and mental illness. Patrick Lahey’s poetic memoir "Feed the White Wolf" is about surviving addiction. Following a loose... Read More

The free verse micropoems of Joyce Sidman’s new collection praise the blue planet for its geography, geology, and diversity, congratulating Earth for the cleverness of her ecosystems and wondering “What is it like / to feel / the... Read More

"Charm and Strange Poems" is an elegant, unsettling poetry collection that’s concerned with the significance of everyday words, meanings, and forms. Waking and dreaming lives collide in Linda Casebeer’s poetry collection "Charm and... Read More

Like a constellation in which perception and purpose are stars, "The Miracle Machine" is a fantastic poetic work. Marrying poetry with fantasy, Matthew Pennock’s "The Miracle Machine" is a phenomenal trip that loops through time,... Read More

"War" is a poetic meditation on the psyche, an exploration and expectoration of what’s negative. Written in the moment and not initially intended for release, the poems of Bjaine Dorach’s "War" are a glimpse into the recesses of the... Read More

Acorns, crows, lightning, and sand dollars; crickets and physics and neon-red dyed turkey feather headdresses. Such things deserve attention, but in their plain familiarity, frighten the likes of lesser poets. Deborah A. Miranda sees the... Read More