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Review: FOSSIL FUEL by JoAnne McFarland

by Black Warrior Review | Sep 21, 2010 | Archive, Reviews

Fossil Fuel JoAnne McFarland 2007 Gold Leaf Books 66 pages Review by HEATHER DUERRE HUMANN Fossil Fuel, JoAnne McFarland’s sixth poetry collection, begins with her borrowing a saying attributed to the 13th century Persian poet and philosopher Rumi: “if there is hunger...

Review: DEAR SOUND OF FOOTSTEP by Ashley Butler

by Black Warrior Review | Sep 21, 2010 | Archive, Reviews

Dear Sound of Footstep Ashley Butler 2009 Sarabande Books 128 pages Review by LAURENCE ROSS Writing about cancer is a difficult task, given its ubiquitous—and therefore well-known and well-documented—horror. But in Dear Sound of Footstep, a sequence of essays...

Review: TOKYO BAY TRAFFIC by Cecile Rossant

by Black Warrior Review | Sep 21, 2010 | Archive, Reviews

Tokyo Bay Traffic Cecile Rossant 2007 Red Hen Press 164 pages Review by MIKE WALONEN Cecile Rossant’s Tokyo Bay Traffic (Red Hen Press, 2008) shifts kaleidoscopically in narrative focus, providing a panoramic view of a surreal, hyperreal Tokyo defined by sex,...

Review: The Night I Freed John Brown by John Michael Cummings

by Black Warrior Review | Apr 14, 2008 | Reviews

The Night I Freed John BrownJohn Michael Cummings2008Philomel Books251 pages. 19.95, cloth. Review by BJ Hollars While aimed at a young adult audience, John Michael Cummings’ The Night I Freed John Brown manages to transcend the genre by focusing on historical events...