Strange Countries
byIf poetry is the news that stays news, its daily headlines concern how the strange stays strange: the strangeness of countries, the strangeness of…
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The Nature of Trauma: A Review of Robbie Arnott’s The Rain Heron
byAward-winning Australian author Robbie Arnott’s first book to be published in the United States, The Rain Heron, out this month from Farrar, Strauss and…
On a Clear Day
byHow quiet is Hell—how it unnerves you. Usually, panic throttles you awake but today you wake up feeling. You do not expect gentleness—you…
Poetics of the Threshold: A Review of Hinge by Molly Spencer
by“For some…the liminal becomes their only dwelling place—becomes home”[1] Jane Hirshfield Perhaps it’s because I’ve recently crossed into midlife, the space between…
The Earliest Witnesses: An Interview with G.C. Waldrep
byPK Eriksson: You evoke rich and complex relationships between the speaker in your poems and God. It is really refreshing to come into contact…
Diane Glancy on The Book of Job, Writing what you want, and Island of the Innocent
byDiane Glancy’s publication career spans three decades and includes dozens of books and articles. Her works span poetry, history, plays, films, short stories,…
Spinning Hope Out of Darkness: A Review of Britton Shurley’s Spinning the Vast Fantastic
byAs society faces civil unrest and what feels like a never-ending pandemic, Spinning the Vast Fantastic, Britton Shurley’s debut chapbook, finds hope in images…
In Between the Valley and Elsewhere: an Interview with Rodney Gomez
byIf you grew up in the Rio Grande Valley, situated on the southernmost tip of the Texas-Mexico border, life was undoubtedly unique. The heat…
American Parables: A Review of American Faith by Maya C. Popa
byThe stand-out debut from Romanian-American poet Maya C. Popa is impossibly titled American Faith. Impossible because of the line-leader ideal that an American faith…
Tender and Unsparing: A Review of Leah Naomi Green’s The More Extravagant Feast
by“It will only be love that I love you with.” The world, held inside another world. This interconnectedness is at the core of Leah…