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Poet Peter Oresick’s new collection is a stirring retrospective
Iconoscope includes new and selected work dating to 1990
November 18, 2015
Ann Curran's debut poetry collection details encounters with the famous and not-so-famous
The poet's treatment of lesser-known subjects has more emotional heft
November 27, 2013
Poet Barbara Edelman’s debut collection explores the experiences of adult children and aging parents
“My mother is short, my mother is bent, / my mother is sick of living.”
April 26, 2017
Ann Curran’s new poetry chapbook, Irish Ayes, recalls times in Ireland
It strives for authentic, yet universal, moments
March 07, 2018
Two local poets find profundity in haiku and other brief forms
Reviews of new collections by Scott Pyle and Don Wentworth
December 21, 2016
Lori Jakiela’s latest memoir explores adoption and family
The narrative dips and veers in interesting ways
August 05, 2015
Recent Stories
- Books, Book Reviews + Features Apr 4, 2018
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Scott Pyle's Seeking Fire
The 74 pages of brief poems are often paired with thumbprint-sized black-and-white photos that document both the everyday and his working life.
- Books, Book Reviews + Features Mar 7, 2018
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Ann Curran’s new poetry chapbook, Irish Ayes, recalls times in Ireland
It strives for authentic, yet universal, moments
- Books, Book Reviews + Features Feb 21, 2018
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Lauren Russell’s new poetry collection What’s Hanging on the Hush
The work is ultimately playful when it adds musicality to what Russell might call the “laboratory of the page”
- Books, Book Reviews + Features Feb 14, 2018
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Jim Daniels’ Street Calligraphy
With each collection, Daniels retains a strong voice while refining the view of his past
- Books, Book Reviews + Features Jan 24, 2018
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The recent poetry anthology Nasty Women & Bad Hombres reflects anxieties of the Trump era
The soapbox nature of some poems feels honest and therapeutic
