Conflict-Zone Blogger Judith Torrea at City of Asylum
By Mike Schneider
Tags: Arts, Media, Judith Torrea, City of Asylum/Pittsburgh, Juarez, Under the Shadow of Drug Trafficking
Joy Katz's new book of poems negotiates crisis with deadly seriousness and sly humor.
"Happiness is on me like a scratch in a car door."
Tags: Book Reviews + Features
A review of Yona Harvey' s poetry collection Hemming the Water
These poems go where they go, modulating artfully, bristling with intelligence
A review of poet Jan Beatty's new collection, The Switching/ Yard.
"The new book ups the ante of Beatty's punk-tinged feminism flavored with graphic sex."
Poet Paula Bohince's The Children draws on her Westmoreland County childhood
The poems often demand lingering attention, and the lingering often rewards.
RIP Mad Mex Oakland, you gritty, pitch-black, perfect restaurant
By Ali Trachta
Bottom Feeder Books can match you with your book soulmate, and for cheap
By Hannah Kinney-Kobre
Mixtape returns from pandemic closure with new owners, dance parties, and more
By Amanda Waltz
Lawyers demand immediate intervention in alleged medical neglect of incarcerated man
By Jordana Rosenfeld