Jayne Marek’s In and Out of Rough Water is a moving and profound collection that transforms the wilderness into a meditation on the human condition.
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Review: Light to Light by Kate McNairy
I’ve always enjoyed the minimalist precision of Kate McNairy’s poems, but something really special happens when twenty-six are arranged in a sequence.
Review: Ambushing Water by Danielle Hanson
In this short collection, I encountered gasp after gasp of discoveries. The images are strange and precise, surreal and darkly comical.
Review: Things Seen by Joseph Santon
Things Seen is a must-have collection for lovers of ekphrastic poetry. The opening section has fourteen poems that invite fresh ways of seeing art by Andrew Wyeth, Paul Gauguin, Salvador Dali, Edward Gorey, and others.
Review: Lauren Bacall Shares a Limousine by Susan J. Erickson
How could I resist a poetry collection titled Lauren Bacall Shares a Limousine? Even the table of contents is a joy to read.
Tracking Turtles Along Kaisariani Trails in Greece
As wildfires threaten Athens, five poets discover surprising symbols of endurance in a forgotten monastery and a forest steeped in myth. Travel essay and photos in Perceptive Travel.
WHISH
Minutes and hours become office workers and scoundrels in a prize-winning poetry collection by Jackie Craven. ORDER ONLINE: Bookseller Discounts / Desk Copies> Praise for
“Mass Confusion” Picked for Book Cover
“Mass Confusion,” oil on masonite, by Sharon Craven Kinzer is now a book cover! The complex trompe l’oeil painting is featured on the cover of WHISH…
Growing Poetry
“How to Grow a Poem” by Kenneth Salzmann is such a great Substack newsletter. Each issue introduces a poem and discusses the writer’s process. Recently I had the joy of talking with Ken about “Morning Unmoors Us,” from Beloit Poetry Journal.
Reading Elizabeth Bishop on Serifos
For Off Assignment, Jackie Craven writes about a magical writing retreat in Serifos, Greece.