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★ movingparts

By Edward Carson

In two new collections published by McGill-Queen’s University Press, ancient myths, fables, and texts are transformed, revised, and dreamed of.  Edward Carson’s movingparts is focused on the literary points of departure. Prompted by images from ... Read More »

April 12, 2023 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews

New Songs for Orpheus

By John Reibetanz

In two new collections published by McGill-Queen’s University Press, ancient myths, fables, and texts are transformed, revised, and dreamed of.  Edward Carson’s movingparts is focused on the literary points of departure. Prompted by images from ... Read More »

April 12, 2023 | Filed under: Poetry

★ Xanax Cowboy

By Hannah Green

  In this cinematic debut poetry collection, Hannah Green features the Xanax Cowboy (XC) as the main character of a metadrama of anxiety and its effects. In Green’s impressive character study of existential complexity and ... Read More »

April 5, 2023 | Filed under: Poetry, Reviews

there’s more

By Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike

In two new poetry collections, Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike’s there’s more and Laila Malik’s archipelago, home is a moving, shifting entity. Umezurike’s first poem opens with the line, “Home is what the tortoise bears on its ... Read More »

March 29, 2023 | Filed under: Poetry

archipelago

By Laila Malik

In two new poetry collections, Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike’s there’s more and Laila Malik’s archipelago, home is a moving, shifting entity. Umezurike’s first poem opens with the line, “Home is what the tortoise bears on its ... Read More »

March 29, 2023 | Filed under: Poetry

★ The Fake

By Zoe Whittall

Cammie, the chaotic force at the core of Zoe Whittall’s fifth novel, The Fake, can charm anyone. Even you, dear reader. “You’re a smart person, obviously,” she writes in an introduction. “You read books.” Much ... Read More »

March 22, 2023 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels