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...
Review: CHILDREN OF THE NEW WORLD by Alexander Weinstein
Children of the New World Alexander Weinstein 2016 Picador 226 pages Review by MAGGIE NYE Alexander Weinstein, director of the Martha’s Vineyard Institute for Creative Writing and author of the technology-obsessed debut collection Children of the New Word, is a...