AM: Thank you for taking the time to do this interview, and congratulations on your forthcoming book, Barefoot in the Snow. This is, I believe, your third collection of poetry. How does this one differ from your earlier books of poetry? JND: Barefoot in the Snow reflects a more mature vision and perspective of events […]
Archives for February 2013
Joyce Corrington Publishes the Work of Late Husband John William Corrington
February 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Joyce Corrington, pictured above, has made her late husband John William “Bill” Corrington’s book The Upper Hand available on Amazon as a Kindle e-book. Click here to view or purchase this book. Even more important, she has collected John William Corrington’s poems into a book. Click here to view or purchase this book. This is the first publication of Corrington’s collected poems, […]
February Read of the Month: “Sheer Indefinite,” by Skip Fox
February 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Reviewed by William Aarnes Skip Fox’s Sheer Indefinite ranges over many topics. Early in the book a poem describes events in Louisiana in terms of Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights. There are poems that worry about how well words relate to the world (“This language is broken playground equipment”). There is a sequence of poems […]
“Eden Rise,” by Robert J. Norrell
February 6, 2013 by Leave a Comment
An earlier version of this review appeared in The Montgomery Advertiser. Reviewed by Mollie Smith Waters. What would you do if your best friend were killed right in front of you? What would you do if the person who murdered your friend then turned his weapon on you and was attempting to take your life […]