Introduction by Editors Bruce Boston and Marge Simon
Introduction by Bruce Boston and Marge Simon Spend five days in the park like you never have before. Travel the last fifteen years of Nikola Tesla’s troubled and unfulfilled life. Watch a small child fashion a golem from clay to protect her home from invading armies. Listen to its consciousness as it comes to life. […]
Stefan Lovasik’s Absolution, Reviewed by George Drew
Stefan Lovasik Absolution Main Street Rag Reviewer: George Drew Stefan Lovasik’s Absolution is ostensibly about war, in his case the Vietnam War, its social and cultural ramifications and the resultant war within, its playing out over time emotionally and spiritually. And about war it is, especially in the first and second of its three sections: […]
Eric Greinke’s and Alison Stone’s Masterplan, Reviewed by Brian Fanelli
Eric Greinke and Alison Stone Masterplan Presa Press Reviewed by Brian Fanelli Masterplan is a book to read at this moment, a collaboration that addresses the 24/7 news cycle, rampant consumerism, and pop culture. Some of the poems hit as hard and as fast as a two-minute punk song, while others are meditative and lyrical, […]
Charles Ades Fishman’s In the Wake of the Glacier: New Selected Poems, Reviewed by Ann Wehrman
Charles Adès Fishman In the Wake of the Glacier: New Selected Poems Kasva Press Reviewer: Ann Wehrman In the Wake of the Glacier: New Selected Poems, a rich compilation of Fishman’s poetry since 1968, showcases the author’s exquisite personal voice and enviable mastery of craft. With precise eye and profound conscience, Fishman pays tribute to […]
Brett Evans’ & Christopher Shipman’s Keats Is Not the Problem, Reviewed by Cindy Hochman
Brett Evans and Christopher Shipman Keats Is Not the Problem Lavender Ink Reviewer: Cindy Hochman A poem should not mean But be. —Archibald MacLeish, “Ars Poetica” When poems come together in a seemingly disparate fusillade, it is incumbent upon the reader to wade through the maze to get to its core. This joyful and macabre […]
