To Find Oneself With a Poet: A Brief Review of Andre Narbonne’s You Were Here

You Were Here Andre Narbonne 72 pages Flat Singles Press (2017) It is often said that poetry done right is… Read more To Find Oneself With a Poet: A Brief Review of Andre Narbonne’s You Were Here

To Ponder in One’s Time Apart: A Brief Review of and Thoughts on Campbell McGrath’s Shannon

Let’s start here. I met Campbell McGrath during my first semester at Indiana University – Bloomington. He was in town… Read more To Ponder in One’s Time Apart: A Brief Review of and Thoughts on Campbell McGrath’s Shannon

Lace & Pyrite: Letters from Two Gardens by Ross Gay & Aimee Nezhukumatathil Organic Weapon Arts, 2014 ISBN: 978-0-9827106-6-1… Read more Epistles from the Land: A Review of Lace & Pyrite: Letters from Two Gardens

Snapper by Brian Kimberling Pantheon Books, 2013 ISBN: 978-0307908056 Let’s just start with a couple of biases upfront with this… Read more The Things that Haunt Us: A Review of Brian Kimberling’s Snapper

Bread and Wine by Ignazio Silone (translated from Italian by Gwenda Davis and Eric Mosbacher) Penguin Books, 1946 ISBN: N/A… Read more The Philosophy of an Exile’s Return: Ignazio Silone’s Bread and Wine

Hairstyles of the Damned by Joe Meno Punk Planet Books, 2004 ISBN: 1-888451-70-X Let me start by admitting a couple… Read more Coming of Age in a Punk Rock World: Thoughts on Joe Meno’s Hairstyles of the Damned

Cakes and Ale or The Skeleton in the Cupboard by W. Somerset Maugham Penguin Books, 1979 ISBN: 0140006516 Let’s start… Read more Writing the Outsider’s Biography: Thoughts on W.Somerset’s Cakes and Ale.

Kokoro by Natsume Soseki translated by Edwin McClellan Gateway Editions, 1957 ISBN: 0-89526-951-1 Original published in 1914 in Japan and… Read more Secrets and the Stories between Generations: A Brief Review of Natsume Soseki’s Kokoro.

Hog Butchers, Beggars, and Busboys: Poverty, Labor, and the Making of Modern American Poetry by John Marsh University of Michigan… Read more Inequality, Labor, and the Rise of Modern American Poetry: A Brief Book Review

Empire State: A Love Story (Or Not) by Jason Shinga Abrams ComicArts, 2011 ISBN-13: 978-0810997479 What can I say other… Read more A Love, Possibly? A Brief Review of Jason Shinga’s Empire State: A Love Story (Or Not)