When the Taking Is Holy: A Review of Hannah Larrabee’s Wonder Tissue
byWonder Tissue is Hannah Larrabee’s debut poetry collection, and the winner of the Airlie Prize. The book is organized into two hemispheres of the…
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Pandemic Sabbath
byWhat could be more useless than walking a labyrinth? Just a lot of turns and backtracking, taking up my valuable time. I like to…
(a turning of the wheel): A Review of Ensō by Shin Yu Pai
byWhen Ensō came in the mail, I was surprised with how big a book it was— at 8×11”, it’s nearly the same size as…
The Sum of Everything: An Interview with Adam Davis
byOur Interviews Editor Esteban Rodríguez speaks with Adam O. Davis about his debut collection Index of Haunted Houses (Sarabande Books, 2020), the importance of…
Longing That Borders on Faith: A Review of Wilderness//Kingdom
byWhen I recall my adolescent years, I most frequently encounter a sense of shame and regret. Unable to find my longing reflected in others…
Earnest, Earnest?
byThere has perhaps been too much debate in the poetry community about the book project versus the collection of poems. Regardless of what corner…
A Shared Language of Loss and Grace: A Review of In the Field Between Us
byMolly McCully Brown and Susannah Nevison sing through the pages of In the Field Between Us. In poems that read like letters (opening “Dear…
Joy in Confession: An Interview with Hillary Raining
byOur Interviews Editor Esteban Rodríguez talks with Hillary Raining—Rector at St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania—about The Hive, a wellness and spirituality website…
Drafted Into Music: A Review of Music for the Dead and Resurrected
byExisting in the space of both documentary and theater, Valzhyna Mort’s newest collection of poetry Music for the Dead and Resurrected rides in on…
Fracture and Intersection: An Interview with Ayokunle Falomo
byOur Interviews Editor Esteban Rodríguez talks with poet Ayokunle Falomo about the importance of family, writing from the perspective of two nations, and his…