Review: AN EXTRAORDINARY THEORY OF OBJECTS by Stephanie LaCava
An Extraordinary Theory of Objects Stephanie LaCava 2012 Harper Collins 224 pages Review by ETHEL ROHAN What is most exceptional about Stephanie LaCava’s memoir The Extraordinary Theory of Objects is that it contains little of Stephanie LaCava. Through story,...
Review: SKIN HORSE by Olivia Cronk
Skin Horse Olivia Cronk 2012 Action Books 72 pages Review by MATTHEW MAHANEY As others have pointed out, Skin Horse is not your standard book of poems, first or otherwise. This is not surprising if you’ve read Olivia Cronk’s poems in various journals over the past few...
Review: A HISTORY OF WAVES by Haines Eason
A History of Waves Haines Eason 2010 Poetry Society of America 25 pages Review by J. KIRK MAYNARD Haines Eason’s first chapbook A History of Waves (selected by Mark Doty for the 2010 New American Poets chapbook series) begins with a displacement: Who touched who with...
Review: FIND THE GIRL by Lightsey Darst
Find the Girl Lightsey Darst 2010 Coffeehouse Press 88 pages Review by FARREN STANLEY The sexualization of women—and a girl’s desire to achieve power by becoming an object of sexual interest—is one prevalent sign of a seriously ailing culture. In drawing the reader’s...