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Review: FROM OLD NOTEBOOKS by Evan Lavender-Smith

by Black Warrior Review | Feb 10, 2014 | Archive, Reviews

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...

Review (from the Women Who Killed It series): O HOLY INSURGENCY by Mary Biddinger

by Black Warrior Review | Jan 2, 2014 | Archive, Reviews

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...

Review (from the Women Who Killed It series): MANIFEST by Cynthia Arrieu-King

by Black Warrior Review | Jan 1, 2014 | Archive, Reviews

Manifest Cynthia Arrieu-King 2013 Switchback Books 64 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 Cynthia Arrieu-King’s second book, Manifest, is...

Review (from the Women Who Killed It series): HYMN FOR THE BLACK TERRIFIC by Kiki Petrosino

by Black Warrior Review | Dec 31, 2013 | Archive, Reviews

Hymn for the Black Terrific Kiki Petrosino 2013 Sarabande Books 88 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 “Oiseau Rebelle,” the first of...

Review (from the Women Who Killed It series): LITTLE STRANGER by Lisa Olstein

by Black Warrior Review | Dec 30, 2013 | Archive, Reviews

Little Stranger Lisa Olstein 2013 Copper Canyon Press 96 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 Lisa Olstein’s third book, Little Stranger,...

Review: THE WARMTH OF THE TAXIDERMIED ANIMAL by Tytti Heikkinen

by Black Warrior Review | Nov 4, 2013 | Archive, Reviews

The Warmth of the Taxidermied Animal Tytti Heikkinen (translated by Niina Pollari) 2013 Action Books 115 pages Review by JENIFER PARK Translated from Finnish by Niina Pollari, The Warmth of the Taxidermied Animal, is a compilation of poems from Tytti Heikkinen’s first...