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Man with a Golden Heart

by Mark McLaughlin

Satya Sri is a doctor, not a poet. He is also a man in great pain, and one who has turned to poetry to give voice to that pain. While not a great work of art, Man With A Golden Heart is Sri’s honest, sincere, and brave attempt to find... Read More

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Death and Transfiguration

by Christopher Soden

Istvan Hornyak’s Death and Transfiguration: A Tragic Drama in Five Acts is an operatic, intriguing, somewhat misguided, and turgid retelling of the tale of Faust. According to legend, Dr. Henry Faust is a sagacious, peerless scholar... Read More

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Poems in the Key of Price

by Karen Rigby

Jarvis Price’s debut collection, "Poems in the Key of Price", focuses on a man in search of consolation and reconciliation. A poet of imploring messages whose subjects range from romantic and filial love to the endurance of Christian... Read More

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The Essential Tom Marshall

by Peter Dabbene

In the age of the Internet, more literary works are available to more people than ever before. The problem with this overabundance of riches, which applies to poetry as much as any other genre, is that there isn’t enough time for most... Read More

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Unmasked

by Peter Dabbene

Poetry might be the best literary window to the soul, enabling a reader to observe and find meaning in the unmasked fragments, feelings, and contradictions inherent in every person. Paul J. Kachoris has made use of his own poems to... Read More

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Words for Elephant Man

by Jennifer Fandel

Sir Frederick Treves, the London Hospital surgeon who studied the Elephant Man, Joseph Merrick (1862-1890), wrote of him, “I supposed that Merrick was imbecile and had been imbecile from birth.” The conviction was no doubt encouraged... Read More

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The Ecopoetry Anthology

by Teresa Scollon

Perhaps any attempt to capture changing thought is necessarily rough. There is room in an expanding field to tussle with definitions and find new patterns; it is not yet time to focus discourse too narrowly. That’s the feeling of this... Read More

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Devils or Angels

by Camille-Yvette Welsch

The struggle between good and evil has long fascinated humankind. With "Devils or Angels", Dan Roberson enters the fray, confronting questions about absolute evil and absolute good. While this book breaks no new ground, it offers... Read More

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