Review: FROM OLD NOTEBOOKS by Evan Lavender-Smith
From Old Notebooks Evan Lavender-Smith 2010 BlazeVOX Books 178 pages Review by STEPHEN THOMAS Evan Lavender-Smith’s From Old Notebooks is a conceptual book that would like to think it’s hiding a living, breathing, narrative heart; and it basically is, I...
Bankhead Reading Jan. 30 with Mathias Svalina and Joanna Ruocco!
On January 30 at 7:30pm, Black Warrior Review and the University of Alabama will be hosting Mathias Svalina and Joanna Ruocco at the Jemison-Van de Graaff Mansion as part of the Bankhead Visiting Writers Series. All readings are made possible by an...
Review (from the Women Who Killed It series): O HOLY INSURGENCY by Mary Biddinger
O Holy Insurgency Mary Biddinger 2013 Black Lawrence Press 70 pages Our Review Editor Josh English reviews his four favorite books of poetry published this year. These are the Women Who Killed It in 2013. Review by JOSH ENGLISH I haven’t read many books of poetry as...