A Beautiful and Vivacious Collection of Poetry These Pearls Are Real is a beautiful, tragic, uplifting and colorful collection of poetry, but its more fascinating feature is that it is absolutely pulsating with life. Carla M. Cherry’s 2018 collection, published … Continue reading Carla M. Cherry’s Poems Are Pearls
Melissa Menny Takes on Domestic Abuse, Mental Illness and Social Anxiety in this Collection The cover of Melissa Menny’s 2018 debut poetic collection, Mask Shavings, is rather deceptive. Bright neon butterflies seem to flutter invitingly at readers as they float … Continue reading Menny Offers Poetic Commentary on Social Issues
Lamar Neal’s Youthful Voice Hisses and Wails Lamar Neal’s We All Need Therapy, published in 2019, is a passionate collection dripping with sarcasm, rage and an immense sadness. It is also intensely ambitious at 174 pages long. There are so … Continue reading A Sharp, Young New Voice in Poetry
Drax is Unafraid to Play with Poetry Change is a constant in this 2019 collection from Latasha Drax. She constantly experiments with form throughout Metamorphosis of Rhythm but still retains her unique voice as a poet. She plays quite a … Continue reading Change as a Constant
Lamar Neal Shares His Origin Story As A Poet and Novelist This interview was conducted by phone on June 6, 2019. Some of the interview has been edited for reading clarity After reading Lamar Neal’s We All Need Therapy, I … Continue reading Pause For A Poet: Lamar Neal
