A Family on the Edge in Superman on the Roof (Lex Williford)

Superman on the Roof by Lex Williford   Superman on the Roof Author: Lex Williford Rose Metal Press, 2016 ISBN: 978-1-941628-06-5 $12.00 In his introduction to Superman on the Roof, judge Ira Sukrungruang says the book “did not let me go. It told me to stay...

Motherhood as Existence in All We Can Hold (collection)

All We Can Hold: Poems of Motherhood, edited by Elise Gregory, Emily Gwinn, Kaleen McCandless, Kate Maude, and Laura Walker   All We Can Hold: Poems of Motherhood Editors: Elise Gregory, Emily Gwinn, Kaleen McCandless, Kate Maude, and Laura Walker Sage Hill...

Trading Insults for Healing in “The Dozen” by Casey Rocheteau

Review: The Dozen by Casey Rocheteau   The Dozen Author: Casey Rocheteau Sibling Rivalry Press, 2016 ISBN: 978-1-943977-10-9 $16.95 Five books in my lifetime have made me throw them across the room while still reading them: Jericho Brown’s Please, Junot Diaz’s...

Review: Pepper Girl by Jonterri Gadson

Pepper Girl Author: Jonterri Gadson YesYes Books, 2012 IBSN: 978-1-936919-10-9 $12.00   Sipping Espresso with Pepper Girl “To all the men I’ve loved before: // Keep the poems.” Jonterri Gadson’s Pepper Girl walks us through an understanding of the self as a woman...

Review: ferrous wheel by Natalie Sharp

ferrous wheel: a chapbook Author: Natalie Sharp Tarantism Press, 2016 ISBN: 978-1-52390-421-1 $15.00   Hide and Seek From the Top of the ferrous wheel It’s morning in the world of ferrous wheel by Natalie Sharp. It’s early and humid, and the speaker has managed...