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...

When Kerosene’s Involved reviewed by Melanie J. Cordova

Melanie J. Cordova reviews When Kerosene’s Involved by Daniel Romo.   When Kerosene’s Involved Author: Daniel Romo Mojave River Press, 2014 ISBN: 978-1-63120-000-7 $14.95   Daniel Romo’s When Kerosene’s Involved is a collection of prose poems that...