Eclectic in theme and form, powerful in reach, and electric in impact, Abundant Life: New and Selected Poems (Chax Press 2025) by poet, scholar, and educator Hank Lazer is an intelligent collection of works selected from fifteen prior books, as well as new poems. This generous sharing of his poetry spans the years from 1994 […]
Read of the Month: “Abundant Life: New and Selected Poems” by Hank Lazer
August 5, 2026 by Leave a Comment
Read of the Month: “Art Work: On the Creative Life “by Sally Mann
April 1, 2026 by Leave a Comment
Almost without exception, seeing a book with the subtitle “On the Creative Life” I’d take a pass. But who can resist a book like Sally Mann’s Art Work Art Work: On the Creative Life (New York: Abrams Press, 2025), that begins with “This is a book about how to get shit done” ? Sally Mann, […]
“What Were You Thinking: Essays 2006–2024” by Hank Lazer
March 3, 2026 by Leave a Comment
The deeply philosophical essays in What You Were Thinking: Essays 2006-2024 (Lavender Ink, 2025) by renowned poet Hank Lazer will appeal to poetry lovers and scholars. In addition to the essays, Lazer includes examples of his “shape” poems and a number of interviews that further illuminate his artistic and philosophical commitments. In April 2015, Lazer […]
“Letters to Little Rock” by Jennifer Horne
November 19, 2025 by 1 Comment
Jennifer Horne’s Letters to Little Rock (Kelsay Books 2024) is a superb book for quite a few reasons, not the least of which is her supple use of demanding and seemingly constraining poetic forms. But the book’s greatest strength lies in a series of implicit questions: how can we remember and honor a beloved parent […]
Southern Literary Review welcomes Hank Lazer as our new Poetry Review Editor!
May 7, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Hank Lazer has published thirty-six books of poetry, including most recently Abundant Life: New & Selected Poems (Chax Press), As We Vanish from Public View (7 Points Press), and field recordings of mind in morning (BlazeVOX, with 15 music-poetry tracks with Holland Hopson on banjo – available on YouTube). In 2025, Lavender Ink published What […]