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The Temple

by Margaret Cullison

Grace’s gift for using everyday situations to suggest universal truths creates poetry that is both artistically pleasing and spiritually inspiring. The Temple: Meditations on the Spiritual Life is a collection of sensitive poems that... Read More

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Love Poems for Cannibals

by Colby Cedar Smith

"Love Poems for Cannibals" is filled with beautiful contradictions—humorous at times, yet a deep sense of grieving permeates the collection. Raymond Keen’s debut book of poetry, "Love Poems for Cannibals", is akin to “experiencing... Read More

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Practice on Mountains

by Matt Sutherland

We close with a breathtaking collection of poetry: "Practice on Mountains", by David Bartone, the most original, expressive thinker and writer we’ve encountered on this rollicking university tour. (An understatement, to be sure.)... Read More

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Daylight Saving

by Holly Wren Spaulding

Encounters with serene landscapes, ordinary occurrences, and thoughtful rural people ignite a desire to search within oneself and connect to the world. From an author regarded as crucial and distinguished among Australian poets of his... Read More

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Straight Razor

by Karen Rigby

Evoking masculine, dangerously intimate, polished surfaces, "Straight Razor" reveals libidinous encounters, elegies, and satires on careerism in poetry. San Francisco-based Randall Mann, author of Complaint in the Garden and Breakfast... Read More

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Conjuring My Leafy Muse

by Christopher Soden

"Conjuring My Leafy Muse" is an intensely moving collection of poetry by a writer whose voice is fresh. "Conjuring My Leafy Muse" is, in numerous ways, a marvel of incantation and lyricism, a weaving of the supernatural, horrific,... Read More

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