Method Acting: A Review of Dad Jokes from Late in the Patriarchy
byIt’s possible one could go their entire lives and experience a single death, only their own. The aftermath of unpredictable tragedy, there would be…
On Erasure and The Sea Came Up and Drowned by Rachel Jamison Webster
byA Conversation between Claire Wahmanholm and Hannah VanderHart EcoTheo: In Webster’s introduction to The Sea Came Up and Drowned, where she contextualizes her book’s…
Two Poems
byBefore Migration Along the street I watchedthem burn plastics.Farms, often as not,stretching back throatsto the mountain.Surely the smoke willgag me, sleep me,blur thought of…
Immigrating into the Absurd: A Review of Tropicália by Ananda Lima
byTropicália is a book that doesn’t pull its punches or steer away from the absurd, pulling in readers from the first line, “She devoured…
Inactive Fault, With Echoes
byRain won’t fall, won’t fall and won’t.When I learned the word virga I learned how full a cloud could be, Every word worth an extended…
Autumn Begins in Virginia, Where You Left Me
byand every year I still yearn to write them—the leaves, signature picture of beauty inevitable and stock as a sunset. …
And Yet There Is Hope: A Review of Dialogues with Rising Tides by Kelli Russell Agodon
byDialogues with Rising Tides testifies to how we are inextricably intertwined in a web of ecological disaster, intergenerational trauma, and a persistent murmuring chorus…
Gems
byThese delicate buds of early Spring —the camera could not capture their charms. Words might.
Praise Songs I—VII
by[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]WHEN DARKNESS TURNS UNEXPECTEDLY TO LIGHT[/perfectpullquote] I. Glowworms Late one evening in early summer, Frank and I…
Prodigal Daughter
byNo dream nor waking spirit prevents / my tendency to wander / my tendency to run with pride / my vanity / my tres-passes…
The Twoness of Truth: A Review of Ananda Lima’s Amblyopia
byIn Amblyopia, Ananda Lima interrogates the imprecision of sight, the movement from one language to another, the blurred space in between. The opening poem,…
On Adoration: An Interview with Joyelle McSweeney
byEcoTheo Review: For our Adoration issue, we are speaking with writers about themes of Adoration, and as the author of ten books of poetry,…
Two Poems
byConsider the Lilies i. Between the regions of anticipation and participation the heart keeps vigil for what all hearts wait for: justice to take form, the return…
Destinations and Directions to Two Worlds: A Review of Moisés Park’s Y el verso cae al aula
byAt first glance, the most noticeable thing about Y el verso cae al aula (And the verse falls into the classroom) is a picture…
An Interview with Ellen Davis
byWe spoke via Zoom (as don’t we all, these days) with Dr. Ellen Davis in the days immediately following the Trumpist terrorist attack on…
Backyard Cathedral Kit
byStep One: Sweep compost of your midnights into flowerbeds. Spiral paths to the center to entice the improbable bee. Building a garden to see…
The Language of Women
byI have in front of me two collections which should shake the foundations of what a person thinks they know about conception, child loss,…
Some Are Always Hungry: An Interview With Jihyun Yun
byOur Interviews Editor Esteban Rodríguez speaks with Jihyun Yun on the importance of family and place, the effects of diaspora and war, and the…
I Trend Toward Smallness
byMy life had been collecting stones& washing them in waters I’ve never been to this placeor to that one My wish had been to…
Digging for Truth: A Review of Ray Ball’s Lararium and Marilyn McCabe’s Being Many Seeds
byLararium by Ray Ball. Variant Literature, 2020. 38 pages. $10. Being Many Seeds by Marilyn McCabe. Grayson Books, 2020. 20 pages. $12. All archaeology…