by prfire | Oct 8, 2019 | All Reviews, Book Reviews, Poetry
Kate Braid’s 2018 book of poetry, Elemental, opens with a D. H. Lawrence quote about the energy, power and “dark sort of joy” we derive from the earthly elements that surround us. Braid goes on to explore our connectedness to the natural world, and the ways in which...
by prfire | Aug 29, 2019 | All Reviews, Book Reviews, Poetry
Take first the meaning of the word “infrangible” —not capable of being broken or separated into parts. Then take the cover art for the book, the author’s painting of a woman holding her head in her hands. Now take the poems themselves, each one observing, surveying...
by prfire | Aug 1, 2019 | All Reviews, Book Reviews, Poetry
In The Year of No Summer, Rachel Lebowitz weaves history, mythology, folklore and personal experience into a vibrant lyric essay. Letters from the frontlines of World War I, grim tales about famine, Greek legends, reflections on tourism, museums, and motherhood are...
by prfire | Jun 20, 2019 | All Reviews, Book Reviews, Poetry
The Air is Elastic, Ella Zeltserman’s second poetry collection, is a yearning journey through time and space. Perhaps her greatest accomplishment is her ability to vividly capture the essence of the collection’s many locales which include Cold War Soviet Russia...
by prfire | Mar 26, 2019 | All Reviews, Book Reviews, Poetry
“Calligraphy”, the opening poem in Panicle, Gillian Sze’s most recent book of poetry, is a masterful distillation of the emotional work of poetry. In this poem, the art of calligraphy is deconstructed alongside the act of writing: the grinding down of the inkstick,...
by prfire | Jan 28, 2019 | All Reviews, Book Reviews, Fiction, Poetry
A seasoned writer of both poetry and fiction, Stuart Ross has melded both forms in Pockets, and has created a brand new experience for fans of both genres. Though the title of the book is Pockets: A Novel, this book is not a novel in the traditional sense. Do not...
