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Father, Child, Water

by Peter Dabbene

With a playful, off-kilter approach, Dop thoughtfully examines poetic aspects of a varied life, and his perspective is refreshing. Gary Dop presents his distinctive style of poetry in his first collection, "Father, Child, Water". Dop is... Read More

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For Your Safety Please Hold On

by Peter Dabbene

Czaga expresses her unique poetic voice in her first collection, witty, moving, and crafted seamlessly. Though this is her first collection, Kayla Czaga’s poems have been published in The Walrus, qwerty, The Literary Review of Canada,... Read More

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The BreakBeat Poets

by Josh Cook

Authors from a wide range of marginalized existences compose modern poetry in this exciting, important collection. The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip Hop offers a thrilling vortex of diverse voices. Born between... Read More

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The Essential Earle Birney

by Kenny Jakubas

The tropes that appear in Birney’s poetry are both quietly political and overtly sincere, experimental and traditionally sound. The poems in "The Essential Earle Birney" represent the spirited work of a poet’s career stretching from... Read More

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The Husbandman

by Margaret Cullison

Through thoughtful poetry and prose about the human condition, Rosenfeld advocates for greater individual freedom. Through both poetry and prose, David Rosenfeld laments the erosion of political and social responsibility in contemporary... Read More

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Don't Go Back to Sleep

by Camille-Yvette Welsch

Liu is the first to the wreckage, like a reporter at the scene, but his understanding moves far beyond the factual into the metaphorical. “You ask me to speak but my mouth holds back—my heart a house God remodels daily with an... Read More

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Cup

by Camille-Yvette Welsch

These poems, about a daughter with a cancer, offer rich contemplation and deft formal technique. Jeredith Merrin begins her poetry collection "Cup" with a tidal wave, the near mythic Poroca of Brazil, “a twelve-foot wall of water with... Read More

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Pilgrim

by Margaret Fedder

Spare yet never lacking, these breathless poems capture the beauty of the simple and the sacred. Holly Wren Spaulding’s "Pilgrim" is as nourishing as breath. The importance of each line, each word, is equal to that of the spaces in... Read More

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