Lee Rossi’s Say Anything, Reviewed by Rebecca Patrascu
Say Anything Lee Rossi Plain View Press Reviewer: Rebecca Patrascu “Everything fits into everything else,” Lee Rossi tells us in the opening poem of his fifth collection. The idea is handy packaging for a book entitled Say Anything, but it prompts the question: if one might include anything and everything, what does one choose to […]
Angelique Zobitz’s Seraphim, Reviewed by Brian Fanelli
Seraphim Angelique Zobitz CavanKerry Press Reviewer: Brian Fanelli Angelique Zobtiz’s collection Seraphim is bold and fierce. It contains a multitude of voices, including Greek Gods and various other deities, and it references prominent Black women, including bell hooks, Megan Thee Stallion, and Whitney Houston, to name a few. Zobitz has a knack for blending high […]
Luke Johnson’s Quiver, Reviewed by Frank Paino
Luke Johnson Quiver Texas Review Press Reviewer: Frank Paino In 1308, Italian poet and philosopher, Dante Alighieri, began writing his magnum opus, The Divine Comedy, an unforgettable trilogy of canticles in which Dante is led by the great poet, Virgil, along a path that begins with a graphic journey through nine torturous circles of Hell, […]
A. E. Hines’ Adam in the Garden, Reviewed by David E. Poston
A. E. Hines Adam in the Garden Charlotte Lit Press Reviewer: David E. Poston In Adam in the Garden, A. E. Hines uses the biblical tale of the loss of Eden and its repercussions to explore concentric circles of his own life experience. Looking through that archetypal lens allows for an achingly honest and emotionally […]
