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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...

40th Anniversary Feature: A SUGGESTION FOR DEPARTING

by Black Warrior Review | Oct 21, 2013 | Archive, Feature

BY AMBER VOGEL The passengers gather. The conductor smokes The last of his cigarette, leans from the door, And flicks the end away. Your steps Quicken. You are clutching your ticket And your magazine. You stop. You wheel Round, panicked by yet another Vagrant...

Review: THE CAPTAIN ASKS FOR A SHOW OF HANDS by Nick Flynn

by Black Warrior Review | Sep 2, 2013 | Archive, Reviews

The Captain Asks for a Show of Hands Nick Flynn 2013 Graywolf Press 104 pages Review by THEODORA ZIOLKOWSKI Nick Flynn’s latest collection of poems, The Captain Asks for a Show of Hands, is a chilling journey from beginning to end, in which the unmoored urgently...

Review: POP CORPSE! by Lena Glenum

by Black Warrior Review | Aug 26, 2013 | Archive, Reviews

Pop Corpse! Lara Glenum 2013 Action Books 186 pages Review by LAURENCE ROSS Lara Glenum’s book, we are told, is a “vocal prosthesis.” Pop Corpse is written in a voice that is unabashedly a stand-in for something else, a substitute for something more natural to which...

Review: FAR FROM SUDDEN by Brent Goodman

by Black Warrior Review | Aug 12, 2013 | Archive, Reviews

Far from Sudden Brent Goodman 2013 Black Lawrence Press 60 pages Review by JOSH ENGLISH Brent Goodman’s second book Far From Sudden is broken up into four sections: “Gravity,” “Telemetry,” “Eventually,” and “Trajectory.” It is worth noting that each section-title is...