Family and Politics Collide in this Collection This review was originally published May 7th, 2018 on Vocal.Media. It may have been subject to editing changes. There are several noteworthy poems flitting about among the pages of Karen Ankers‘s poetry collection, … Continue reading Karen Ankers Uses a Quiet Art to Speak Out Loudly [FULL REVIEW]
Vegetable Preparation Has Never Been So Blood Thirsty This review was publish May 4th, 2018 on Vocal.Media. It may have been subject to editing changes. Lauren Scharhag’s 2013 publication, West Side Girl & Other Poems, is her first and only … Continue reading Praise for Lauren Scharhag’s First Collection of Poems [FULL REVIEW]
These Poems, Like Birds, Take Flight Under Somber Skies This review was originally published on Vocal.Media in April 2018. It may be been subject to editing changes. Instantaneously mesmerizing, Aileron‘s cover alone alerts tempted readers that they will be transported … Continue reading In Geraldine Connolly’s Newest Book, a Beautiful Melancholy Is Found [FULL REVIEW]
Storytelling and Poetry Blend Together in a Splendid Collection This review was originally published April 9th, 2018 on Vocal.Media. It may have been subject to editing changes. Open Susana H. Case’s Drugstore Blue and embark on a time traveling journey filled … Continue reading Susana H. Case Offers Excitement, Ghosts and Goats
Lawler Chronicles the Downtrodden So They May Not Be Forgotten Matthew J. Lawler’s poetry is in essence an assembly of odes to and critiques of that windy city of Illinois, Chicago. Concrete Oracles speaks on the city’s defining harshness, barbarity, … Continue reading For Love of the Windy City
