Reviewed by Shaun Turner Lee Passarella’s collection of poems, Redemption, focuses on quiet revelations—frost-bent daffodil in mid-March, mother dog nursing hungry pups, box kite adrift over the ocean. Passarella chooses these images, both bare and beautiful, to show us moments of revelation. His poems take us on a journey of perception, deepened by surprising metaphors, […]
“Half a Man,” by Bill Glose
February 25, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Reviewed by William Aarnes For me at least, as someone who knows few people involved in the armed forces, one striking bit of news in Bill Glose’s Half a Man comes in the poem “Invisible.” The poem relates how, after a soldier dies in conflict, the spouse loses housing privileges. We are all familiar with […]
Allen Mendenhall Interviews Julia Nunnally Duncan
February 27, 2013 by 4 Comments
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 […]
Persons Unknown, by Jake Adam York
July 28, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Click to Buy Persons Unknown By Jake Adam York Reviewed by Danielle Sellers With an epigraph from William Faulkner’s Light in August, Persons Unknown explores the concept of hardship and internal struggle. That two personalities can inhabit one body is a trope Jake Adam York weaves throughout the collection. Readers familiar with […]
Bone Key Elegies by Danielle Sellers
May 20, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Bone Key Elegies by Danielle Sellers Reviewed by Heather Matesich Cousins Danielle Sellers’s first book of poetry, Bone Key Elegies, is a staring contest with death. In this impressive, autobiographically-inspired debut, Sellers examines Key West, evoking the geography of her childhood and adolescence. The poet-speaker of these poems has moved from Key […]