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 […]
Neil Shepard’s The Book of Failures, Reviewed by Brian Fanelli
The Book of Failures Neil Shepard Madville Publishing Reviewer: Brian Fanelli The last few years have been anything but easy. The world has faced a global pandemic and resurgent far-right populism and nationalism. Neil Shepard’s latest collection, The Book of Failures, tackles these issues head-on. The result is one of Shepard’s most socially conscious and […]
Alexis Rhone Fancher’s Brazen, Reviewed by Brian Fanelli
Brazen Alexis Rhone Fancher NYQ Books Reviewer: Brian Fanelli Anyone even slightly familiar with Alexis Rhone Fancher’s work knows that she doesn’t shy away from sexually charged and raunchy poetry. Her collected works for NYQ Books is called Erotic, for example. Her latest, Brazen, continues the tradition of poems that ooze with fierce and bold […]
Beat Not Beat, Reviewed by Brian Fanelli
Beat Not Beat: An Anthology of California Poets Screwing on the Beat and Post-Beat Generation Edited by Rich Ferguson, S.A. Griffin, Alexis Rhone Fancher, Kim Shuck Moon Tide Press Reviewer: Brian Fanelli Beat Not Beat, edited by Rich Ferguson, S.A. Griffin, Alexis Rhone Fancher, and Kim Shuck, may be an anthology inspired by the Beat […]
Matthew E. Henry’s the Colored page, Reviewed by Brian Fanelli
Matthew E. Henry the Colored page Sundress Publications Reviewer: Brian Fanelli Matthew E. Henry’s the Colored page won’t be easy to digest for every reader, especially a white audience. His poems are utterly unflinching and bold in their honesty. He uses “Theme for English B” by Langston Hughes to link together four sections that detail […]
