Review: DADDY ISSUES by Alex McElroy
Daddy Issues Alex McElroy 2017 The Cupboard Pamphlet 72 pages Review by JEREMY BURKE The stories in Alex McElroy’s Daddy Issues deal frequently with masculinity, memory, and the loss of the past. These stories predate the 2016 election, but the way that...
Review: LIGHT INTO BODIES by Nancy Chen Long
Light Into Bodies Nancy Chen Long 2017 University of Tampa Press 108 pages Review by SARAH LANDRY “Light Into Bodies,” Nancy Chen Long’s debut full-length poetry collection, rests at the crux of occurrence and intention, of panicked flight and calculated design....
Review: THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO RISE LIKE THE WATERS UPON YOUR SHORE: A STORY OF AMERICAN RAGE by Jared Yates Sexton
The People Are Going To Rise Like the Waters Upon Your Shore: A Story of American Rage Jared Yates Sexton 2017 Counterpoint 320 pages Review by CONNOR TOWNE O’NEILL On June 14, 2016, Jared Yates Sexton drove the five hours from his home in southeast Georgia to...
Review: THE LOST DAUGHTER COLLECTIVE by Lindsey Drager
The Lost Daughter Collective Lindsey Drager 2017 Dzanc Books 184 pages Review by EMRYS DONALDSON The Lost Daughter Collective by Lindsey Drager made me ache deep inside for all the daughters whose loss throbs in their families’ bodies. The gorgeous language and...