Review: THE ARGONAUTS by Maggie Nelson
The Argonauts Maggie Nelson 2015 Graywolf Press 143 pages Review by SHAELYN SMITH At this year’s NYC PRIDE a group of people were handing out self-published, large format, pink and black newspapers that pronounced in 212-point font “I HATE THE GAYS.” Rather than the...
Review: i built a boat with all the towels in your closet… by Leia Penina Wilson
i built a boat with all the towels in your closet (and will let you drown) Leia Penina Wilson 2014 Red Hen Press 112 pages Review by RYAN BOLLENBACH The universe of Leia Penina Wilson’s debut poetry collection i built a boat with all the towels in your closet (and...
Review: IT HAD BEEN PLANNED AND THERE WERE GUIDES by Jessica Lee Richardson
It Had Been Planned and There Were Guides Jessica Lee Richardson 2015 FC2 232 pages Review by MEGHAN TEAR PLUMMER Jessica Richardson’s first collection is as dexterously crafted as its content is deviant and feral. The collection gains its title from a line in the...
Review: THIS BORING APOCALYPSE by Brandi Wells
This Boring Apocalypse Brandi Wells 2014 Civil Coping Mechanisms 124 pages Review by JOE LUCIDO “[Domesticity] is a thing that has not existed for decades. Domesticity is dangerous, like the science or religion. Domesticity has long been eradicated,” the narrator...