#TPQ5: Z.M. WISE
#TPQ5: Z.M. WISE
What will Z.M. Wise, Co-Editor at Transcendent Zero Press, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: Z.M. WISE
#TPQ5: CARLIE BLUME
#TPQ5: CARLIE BLUME
What will Carlie Blume, a Vancouver, Canada born writer of poetry and fiction, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: CARLIE BLUME
#TPQ5: SANDRA T
#TPQ5: SANDRA T
What will Sandra T, poet and storyteller based in Brooklyn, NY, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: SANDRA T
#TPQ5: OSCAR HOKEAH
#TPQ5: OSCAR HOKEAH
What will Oscar Hokeah, author of the forthcoming novel Unsettled Between, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: OSCAR HOKEAH
POWER OF POETRY #83: KARI FLICKINGER
POWER OF POETRY #83: KARI FLICKINGER
Poetry has turned me into a piece of broken technology, searching the horizon for symbols. It has estranged me from everyone I once loved, from every notion I ever thought to belong to. Continue reading POWER OF POETRY #83: KARI FLICKINGER
REVIEW: HOMIE – DANEZ SMITH (GRAYWOLF PRESS)
REVIEW: HOMIE – DANEZ SMITH (GRAYWOLF PRESS)
These poems are beautiful and messy and surprising and honest; they are everything a storied friendship is. Continue reading REVIEW: HOMIE – DANEZ SMITH (GRAYWOLF PRESS)
#TPQ5: FRAN-CLAIRE KENNEY
#TPQ5: FRAN-CLAIRE KENNEY
What will Fran-Claire Kenney, Queer writer, filmmaker, and student, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: FRAN-CLAIRE KENNEY
#TPQ5: CHRISTINA THATCHER
#TPQ5: CHRISTINA THATCHER
What will Christina Thatcher, Creative Writing Lecturer at Cardiff Metropolitan University, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: CHRISTINA THATCHER
POWER OF POETRY #82: MDSHall
POWER OF POETRY #82: MDSHall
We are soothsayers and truthsayers; warriors armed with words to be placed into action; protectors of the Univearth in search of the multiverse… Continue reading POWER OF POETRY #82: MDSHall
#TPQ5: AICHA MARTINE THIAM
What will A. Martine, a trilingual writer, musician and artist, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: AICHA MARTINE THIAM
#TPQ5: SARA PISAK
What will Sara Pisak, Contributing Editor at Helen: A Literary Magazine and Staff Reviewer at Glass Poetry Press, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: SARA PISAK
REVIEW: DISTANCE TRAVELED – MICHAEL CHIN (BENT WINDOW BOOKS)
The janitors clean up the mess left from cheers, jeers, and broken hearts. The lights go out. You say goodbye to the players, loved ones, enemies, and continue with the game of life. As long as the ball keeps bouncing, life will continue. Continue reading REVIEW: DISTANCE TRAVELED – MICHAEL CHIN (BENT WINDOW BOOKS)
#TPQ5: SK GROUT
What will SK Grout, author of the micro chapbook “to be female is to be interrogated”, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: SK GROUT
#TPQ5: MISS MACROSS
What will miss macross, multigenre writer who enjoys watching mecha and taking naps, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: MISS MACROSS
#TPQ5: ANNE GRAUE
#TPQ5: ANNE GRAUE
What will Anne Graue, author of a chapbook, Fig Tree in Winter, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: ANNE GRAUE
#TPQ5: AMANDA EARL
What will Amanda Earl, managing editor of Bywords.ca, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: AMANDA EARL
REVIEW: HOW MY CAT SAVED MY LIFE AND OTHER POEMS – JULIETTE SEBOCK (BOTTLECAP PRESS)
They are our pain. Our love. Our fight through relationships when we can’t do it ourselves. They need food and water and shelter but don’t always have that option – even if they’ve been there for years. Continue reading REVIEW: HOW MY CAT SAVED MY LIFE AND OTHER POEMS – JULIETTE SEBOCK (BOTTLECAP PRESS)
#TPQ5: KEITH MARK GABOURY
#TPQ5: KEITH MARK GABOURY
What will Keith Mark Gaboury, whose work appears in Poetry Quarterly and New Millennium Writings, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: KEITH MARK GABOURY
POWER OF POETRY #81: LAUREN BRAZEAL
POWER OF POETRY #80: LAUREN BRAZEAL
Her words pressed onto my consciousness with the immediacy of a blade to the throat, “It is not your right to feel powerless. Better people than you were powerless.” Continue reading POWER OF POETRY #81: LAUREN BRAZEAL
#TPQ5: JANNA GRACE
#TPQ5: JANNA GRACE
What will Janna Grace, editor of Lamplit Underground, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: JANNA GRACE
#TPQ5: DEIRDRE FAGAN
What will Deirdre Fagan, a reviewer for Orange Blossom Review, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: DEIRDRE FAGAN
#TPQ5: STEVEN ALVAREZ
What will Steven Alvarez, author of The Codex Mojaodicus, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: STEVEN ALVAREZ
REVIEW: BEAUTIFUL & FULL OF MONSTERS – COURTNEY LeBLANC (VEGETARIAN ALCOHOLIC PRESS)
It’s who we are when least expected. It’s the big feelings we can’t explain. It’s the reason we cower in the dark. It’s the reason we raise our voices to those we are said to love. It’s the reason some loves end or begin or don’t. Continue reading REVIEW: BEAUTIFUL & FULL OF MONSTERS – COURTNEY LeBLANC (VEGETARIAN ALCOHOLIC PRESS)
#TPQ5: DONNA VORREYER
#TPQ5: DONNA VORREYER
What will Donna Vorreyer, author of Every Love Story is an Apocalypse Story, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: DONNA VORREYER
#TPQ5: JAKE WILD HALL
#TPQ5: JAKE WILD HALL
What will Jake Wild Hall, one half of Bad Betty Press, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: JAKE WILD HALL
THE POWER OF POETRY #80: STEPHEN FURLONG
THE POWER OF POETRY #80: STEPHEN FURLONG
He only stopped when he recognized his shoe was untied. He held such reverence for the laces and he asked us how we tied our shoes. Continue reading THE POWER OF POETRY #80: STEPHEN FURLONG
REVIEW: LITTLE ENVELOPE OF EARTH CONDITIONS – CORI A. WINROCK (ALICE JAMES BOOKS)
Most of all, it’s about when body meets the inside of the body because the outside just doesn’t make sense anymore. It’s when space feels like a metaphor for a much larger universe, and you wish for a black hole within which to hide. Continue reading REVIEW: LITTLE ENVELOPE OF EARTH CONDITIONS – CORI A. WINROCK (ALICE JAMES BOOKS)
#TPQ5: CHRISTOPHER MILES
#TPQ5: CHRISTOPHER MILES
What will Christopher Miles, whose first book of poems, Armor & Ornament, was published this fall, include in today’s #TPQ? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: CHRISTOPHER MILES
#TPQ5: CHLOE VICTORIA GORMAN
#TPQ5: CHLOE VICTORIA GORMAN
What will Chloe Gorman, copywriter, poet & aspiring author, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: CHLOE VICTORIA GORMAN
#TPQ5: KRISTOPHER BIERNATSKY
#TPQ5: KRISTOPHER BIERNATSKY
What will Kristopher Biernatsky, founder of Dink Press, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: KRISTOPHER BIERNATSKY
#TPQ5: CLARE E. POTTER
#TPQ5: CLARE E. POTTER
What will clare e. potter, a poet who is lucky to collaborate with other inspiring artists, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: CLARE E. POTTER
#TPQ5: HEATHER SWEENEY
#TPQ5: HEATHER SWEENEY
What will Heather Sweeney, poet and visual artist, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: HEATHER SWEENEY
#TPQ5: CAROL LYNN STEVENSON GRELLAS
#TPQ5: CAROL LYNN STEVENSON GRELLAS
Carol Lynn Stevenson Grellas, ten-time Pushcart Prize nominee and a seven-time Best of the Net nominee, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: CAROL LYNN STEVENSON GRELLAS
POWER OF POETRY #79: VENUS DAVIS
POWER OF POETRY #79: VENUS DAVIS
I knew that writing wasn’t about being the best – it’s about expressing yourself and being happy with what you’ve written. It’s not a chance for validation. Continue reading POWER OF POETRY #79: VENUS DAVIS
#TPQ5: ERIK-JOHN FUHRER
#TPQ5: ERIK-JOHN FUHRER
What will Erik Fuhrer, author of every time you die (Alien Buddha Press), include in today’s#TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: ERIK-JOHN FUHRER
REVIEW: BOAT BURNED – KELLY GRACE THOMAS (YESYES BOOKS)
REVIEW: BOAT BURNED – KELLY GRACE THOMAS (YESYES BOOKS)
I found myself walking away from it often, not out of discontent but out of a need to process the full brunt of the emotions laid bare by the author. Continue reading REVIEW: BOAT BURNED – KELLY GRACE THOMAS (YESYES BOOKS)
#TPQ5: GALE MARIE THOMPSON
#TPQ5: GALE MARIE THOMPSON
What will Gale Marie Thompson, author of Helen or My Hunger (YesYes Books, 2020), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: GALE MARIE THOMPSON
POWER OF POETRY #78: G.E. SCHWARTZ
POWER OF POETRY #77: G.E. SCHWARTZ
And with that light poetry has the power to usher us into a brave new world, filling our senses with the energy of creation where every bird, tree, branch, and blossom vibrates as if by immance. Continue reading POWER OF POETRY #78: G.E. SCHWARTZ
#TPQ5: DAVID MARTIN
#TPQ5: DAVID MARTIN
What will David Martin, organizer for the Single Onion Poetry Series, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside Continue reading #TPQ5: DAVID MARTIN
#TPQ5: LAURA WAINWRIGHT
#TPQ5: LAURA WAINWRIGHT
What will Laura Wainwright, author of a book of literary criticism, New Territories in Modernism: Anglophone Welsh Writing 1930-1949, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: LAURA WAINWRIGHT
#TPQ5: SUE WILLIAM SILVERMAN
#TPQ5: SUE WILLIAM SILVERMAN
What will Sue William Silverman, who teaches in the MFA in Writing program at Vermont College of Fine Arts, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: SUE WILLIAM SILVERMAN
POWER OF POETRY #77: CHRISTINA CIUFO
POWER OF POETRY #77: CHRISTINA CIUFO
Each poetic word, each lyrical line, each tone evoked and each enchanting rhyme within a poem ignites the orange-golden flames within the recesses of our minds and flickers its’ illuminating light behind our eyes. Continue reading POWER OF POETRY #77: CHRISTINA CIUFO
#TPQ5: LAUREN LICONA
#TPQ5: LAUREN LICONA
What will Lauren Licona, Latinx poet based in Boston, MA, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: LAUREN LICONA
#TPQ5: JULIO ENRIQUEZ-ORNELAS
#TPQ5: JULIO ENRIQUEZ-ORNELAS
What will Julio Enriquez-Ornelas, Assistant Professor at Millikin University, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: JULIO ENRIQUEZ-ORNELAS
#TPQ5: DAVE HOUSLEY
#TPQ5: DAVE HOUSLEY
What will Dave Housley, author of This Darkness Got to Give, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: DAVE HOUSLEY
#TPQ5: TINA MOZELLE BRAZIEL
#TPQ5: TINA MOZELLE BRAZIEL
What will Tina Mozelle Braziel, awarded the Philip Levine Prize for Poetry, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: TINA MOZELLE BRAZIEL
REVIEW: BECOMING THE BRONZE IDOL – RITA MOOKERJEE (BONE & INK PRESS)
REVIEW: BECOMING THE BRONZE IDOL – RITA MOOKERJEE (BONE & INK PRESS)
This collection helps readjust the way we look at our world and showing that the first step in fixing something broken is to recognize that it needs to be fixed in the first place. Continue reading REVIEW: BECOMING THE BRONZE IDOL – RITA MOOKERJEE (BONE & INK PRESS)
#TPQ5: CHARLENE ELSBY
#TPQ5: CHARLENE ELSBY
What will Charlene Elsby, Philosophy Program Director and Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University Fort Wayne, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: CHARLENE ELSBY
#TPQ5: KATIE RIEGEL
#TPQ5: KATIE RIEGEL
What will Katherine Riegel, author of Love Songs from the End of the World (Main Street Rag 2019), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: KATIE RIEGEL
#TPQ5: TAYLOR BANKS
#TPQ5: TAYLOR BANKS
What will Taylor Banks, MFA candidate at Stetson University, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: TAYLOR BANKS
POWER OF POETRY #76: TAMARA BURROSS GRISANTI
POWER OF POETRY #76: TAMARA BURROSS GRISANTI
Entering that space of creation is the only type of churchgoing that has ever spoken to me. It is paying tribute to what I know of the sacred, it is the only way I know how to be prayerful. Continue reading POWER OF POETRY #76: TAMARA BURROSS GRISANTI
POWER OF POETRY: EDITOR'S EDITION – CHRIS MARGOLIN
Paying for it again felt dirty. I didn’t want to. Didn’t mean to. Tried so hard to just move along, but my fingers edged in that direction, teased at where they wanted to be. And I gave in. Closed my eyes, relaxed. Took out my debit card, and gave into the demons. Continue reading POWER OF POETRY: EDITOR'S EDITION – CHRIS MARGOLIN
#TPQ5: ADAM J. GELLINGS
#TPQ5: ADAM J. GELLINGS
What will Adam J. Gellings, poet and instructor from Columbus, Ohio, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: ADAM J. GELLINGS
#TPQ5: MALCOLM TARIQ
#TPQ5: MALCOLM TARIQ
What will Malcolm Tariq, author of Heed the Hollow (Graywolf Press, 2019), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: MALCOLM TARIQ
#TPQ5: CHRISTOPHER SOTO
#TPQ5: CHRISTOPHER SOTO
What will Christopher Soto, a Los Angeles poet, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: CHRISTOPHER SOTO
POWER OF POETRY #74: URNA BOSE
POWER OF POETRY #74: URNA BOSE
One can’t quite put a firm, decisive finger on when, where and how poetry collides, mingles, smudges and spills over into our lives Continue reading POWER OF POETRY #74: URNA BOSE
REVIEW: THE WHIMSY OF DANK JU-JU – SASCHA AURORA AKHTAR
REVIEW: THE WHIMSY OF DANK JU-JU – SASCHA AURORA AKHTAR
Magic is broken unless we understand the trick or allow ourselves to suspend our disbelief and just know that everything is taken care of, and that we are okay. Continue reading REVIEW: THE WHIMSY OF DANK JU-JU – SASCHA AURORA AKHTAR
REVIEW: EMPIRE OF DIRT – THOMAS STEWART (RED SQUIRREL PRESS)
This is not a guide toward love, light, and inspiration. This is not a tribute to finding God through death. This is looking at Death, and letting them know that while it might be a minute, you’ll leave a light on. Continue reading REVIEW: EMPIRE OF DIRT – THOMAS STEWART (RED SQUIRREL PRESS)
#TPQ5: REBECCA IRENE
#TPQ5: REBECCA IRENE
What will Rebecca Irene, Poetry Editor for The Maine Review, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: REBECCA IRENE
#TPQ5: JEFF PEARSON
#TPQ5: JEFF PEARSON
What will Jeff Pearson, an advocate for people with mental illness, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: JEFF PEARSON
POWER OF POETRY #73: JOSEPH RATHGEBER
POWER OF POETRY #73: JOSEPH RATHGEBER
Poets excise words, omit and elide them. They break lines. Might as well break pane-glass windows. Continue reading POWER OF POETRY #73: JOSEPH RATHGEBER
#TPQ5: ERIC LOCHRIDGE
#TPQ5: ERIC LOCHRIDGE
What will Eric Lochridge, author of three poetry chapbooks, include in tiara #TPQ5? Find our inside!
Continue reading #TPQ5: ERIC LOCHRIDGE
#TPQ5: RAZIELLE AIGEN
#TPQ5: RAZIELLE AIGEN
What will Razielle Aigen, author of, Light Waves The Leaves (above/ground press 2020), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: RAZIELLE AIGEN
#TPQ5: BETH LONGMAN
#TPQ5: BETH LONGMAN
What will Beth Longman, founder and co-editor of Re-Side magazine, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: BETH LONGMAN
#TPQ5: DAN KNAUSS
#TPQ5: DAN KNAUSS
What will Dan Knauss, who writes, edits, and tries to perform acts of humane, open-source webcraft, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: DAN KNAUSS
#TPQ5: MICHAEL McGILL
#TPQ5: MICHAEL McGILL
What will Michael McGill, a UK poet from Edinburgh, Scotland, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: MICHAEL McGILL
#TPQ5: BEE WALSH
#TPQ5: BEE WALSH
What will Bee Walsh, author of Manning Up (West 44 Books), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: BEE WALSH
#TPQ5: CHRISTINA CIUFO
#TPQ5: CHRISTINA CIUFO
What will Christina Ciufo, a passionate writer, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
Continue reading #TPQ5: CHRISTINA CIUFO
REVIEW: A CHOIR OF HONEST KILLERS – BUDDY WAKEFIELD (WRITE BLOODY PUBLISHING)
It is not just a book of confessions, but of acceptance that we can be beautiful and flawed and problematic and good, that the only thing we ought to require of ourselves is the permission to be fully human. Buddy no longer apologizes for fucking things up. Continue reading REVIEW: A CHOIR OF HONEST KILLERS – BUDDY WAKEFIELD (WRITE BLOODY PUBLISHING)
REVIEW: A LIVE THING, CLINGING WITH MANY TEETH – KOLLEEN CARNEY HOEPFNER (SPOOKY GIRLFRIEND PRESS)
REVIEW: A LIVE THING, CLINGING WITH MANY TEETH – KOLLEEN CARNEY HOEPFNER (SPOOKY GIRLFRIEND PRESS)
We’re shown a woman who has to come to terms with pain and discomfort being her new reality. And then the idea of change is more frightening than her continued torture. Continue reading REVIEW: A LIVE THING, CLINGING WITH MANY TEETH – KOLLEEN CARNEY HOEPFNER (SPOOKY GIRLFRIEND PRESS)
#TPQ5: WILL SCHMIT
#TPQ5: WILL SCHMIT
What will Will Schmit, author of Head Lines A Sixty Day Guide to Personal Psalmistry, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: WILL SCHMIT
#TPQ5: WARREN CZAPA
#TPQ5: WARREN CZAPA
What will Warren Czapa, longlisted for the Troubadour International Poetry Prize, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: WARREN CZAPA
REVIEW: INEVITABLE IGNITION – KAYT CHRISTENSEN (WIDE EYES PUBLISHING)
Reading each section becomes the experience of the burning fire; it builds and burns and, even as it goes out, smolders and lingers long after it’s gone. Continue reading REVIEW: INEVITABLE IGNITION – KAYT CHRISTENSEN (WIDE EYES PUBLISHING)
#TPQ5: ALVARO BEDOYA
#TPQ5: ALVARO BEDOYA
What will Alvaro Bedoya, who runs a think tank and legal clinic that protects the privacy rights of immigrants, poor people, and people of color, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: ALVARO BEDOYA
#TPQ5: SONIA DI PLACIDO
#TPQ5: SONIA DI PLACIDO
What will Sonia Di Placido, poet, writer, and editor, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: SONIA DI PLACIDO
#TPQ5: KAYLEIGH CAMPBELL
What will Kayleigh Campbell, winner of the Gloucestershire Poetry Competition 2019, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: KAYLEIGH CAMPBELL
REVIEW: I SHIMMER SOMETIMES, TOO – PORSHA OLAYIWOLA (BUTTON POETRY)
These poems make clear that Olayiwola, current poet laureate of Boston, is just beginning what is sure to be a long and much-lauded tenure in American poetics. Continue reading REVIEW: I SHIMMER SOMETIMES, TOO – PORSHA OLAYIWOLA (BUTTON POETRY)
#TPQ5: JIM MEIROSE
#TPQ5: JIM MEIROSE
What will Jim Meirose, author of ‘Le Overgivers au Club de la Résurrection’ (Mannequin Haus), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: JIM MEIROSE
#TPQ5: JOHN PHIPPS
What will John Phipps, a writer, critic and editor, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: JOHN PHIPPS
#TPQ5: TAYLOR MALI
#TPQ5: TAYLOR MALI
What will Taylor Mali, 4-time National Slam Poetry Champion and former voice of all Burger King commercials, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: TAYLOR MALI
#TPQ5: JANE ROSENBERG LaFORGE
#TPQ5: JANE ROSENBERG LaFORGE
What will Jane Rosenberg LaForge, author of six volumes of poetry, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: JANE ROSENBERG LaFORGE
REVIEW: CALF CANYON – SARAH McCARTT-JACKSON (BRAIN MILL PRESS)
Trying to get away is understandable–hell, it’s even appealing to a certain degree–and it’s here that we can discover what’s so intriguing about McCartt-Jackson’s collection: your history doesn’t allow you to hide from it. Continue reading REVIEW: CALF CANYON – SARAH McCARTT-JACKSON (BRAIN MILL PRESS)
REVIEW: CHOSEN COMPANIONS OF THE GOBLIN – KATHRYN SMITH (OPEN COUNTRY PRESS)
from how people viewed them to how they viewed themselves, we’re given an intimate look at their effects on the world. Continue reading REVIEW: CHOSEN COMPANIONS OF THE GOBLIN – KATHRYN SMITH (OPEN COUNTRY PRESS)
POWER OF POETRY #72: MATT NAGIN
POWER OF POETRY #72: MATT NAGIN
Poetry cuts through the bullshit. It declutters spiritually. It is an opportunity to dance, to experiment, to hone new answers to complex problems. Continue reading POWER OF POETRY #72: MATT NAGIN
#TPQ5: INK
#TPQ5: INK
What will Ink, who disrupts his neighbors’ dreams by taking recycling out at odd times, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: INK
#TPQ5: CATHERINE MARENGHI
#TPQ5: CATHERINE MARENGHI
What will Catherine Marenghi, an award-winning poet and memoirist, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: CATHERINE MARENGHI
#TPQ5: C.M. KATE FAULKNER
#TPQ5: C.M. KATE FAULKNER
What will C.M. Kate Faulkner, nonfiction piece “Autopsy” is out now In Against Death: 35 Essays on Living (Anvil Press), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside? Continue reading #TPQ5: C.M. KATE FAULKNER
#TPQ5: MICHAEL HALL
#TPQ5: MICHAEL HALL
What will Michael Hall, an up and coming, yet seasoned, poet, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: MICHAEL HALL
REVIEW: FORGIVE YOURSELF THESE TINY ACTS OF SELF-DESTRUCTION – JARED SINGER (BUTTON POETRY)
FORGIVE YOURSELF THESE TINY ACTS OF SELF-DESTRUCTION – JARED SINGER @buttonpoetry
“…a manual for the last kid in the kickball line. It’s a must-read for those who can’t remember why they need to remember. It’s for those who sometimes forget they matter.” Continue reading REVIEW: FORGIVE YOURSELF THESE TINY ACTS OF SELF-DESTRUCTION – JARED SINGER (BUTTON POETRY)
REVIEW: MILES OF SKY ABOVE US, MILES OF EARTH BELOW – STEVE DENEHAN (CAJUN MUTT PRESS)
Denehan is sort of like Bukowski, if Bukowski wrote while drinking rather than drunk. It’s proof that poetry doesn’t need to be complicated to tell a damn good story. Continue reading REVIEW: MILES OF SKY ABOVE US, MILES OF EARTH BELOW – STEVE DENEHAN (CAJUN MUTT PRESS)
#TPQ5: CHRISTOPHER FLAKUS
#TPQ5: CHRISTOPHER FLAKUS
What will Christopher Flakus, co-editor-in-chief of Defunkt Magazine, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: CHRISTOPHER FLAKUS
#TPQ5: DECEMBER LACE
#TPQ5: DECEMBER LACE
What will December Lace, former professional wrestler, pinup model, & Best of the Net nominee, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: DECEMBER LACE
#TPQ5: RY DOWNEY
#TPQ5: RY DOWNEY
What will Ry Downey, editor in chief of the new poetry magazine, BEATIFIC, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: RY DOWNEY
#TPQ5: MARY PEELEN
#TPQ5: MARY PEELEN
What will Mary Peelen, winner of the Kithara Book Prize, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: MARY PEELEN
REVIEW: MADE AND UNMADE – EMILY PEREZ (MADHOUSE PRESS)
This collection is about taking stock of your life and how things have changed or remained the same. It is a look at how your perspective shifts over time and people inevitably view you differently as your circumstances transform. Continue reading REVIEW: MADE AND UNMADE – EMILY PEREZ (MADHOUSE PRESS)
#TPQ5: ELLEN CHANG-RICHARDSON
#TPQ5: ELLEN CHANG-RICHARDSON
What will Ellen Chang-Richardson, an emerging poet and the founder of Little Birds Poetry, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: ELLEN CHANG-RICHARDSON
#TPQ5: VENUS DAVIS
#TPQ5: VENUS DAVIS
What will Venus Davis, contributor for Marias at Sampaguitas, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: VENUS DAVIS
#TPQ5: PRIYA DOLMA TAMANG
#TPQ5: PRIYA DOLMA TAMANG
What will Priya Dolma Tamang, writer from the Himalayan state of Sikkim in northeastern India, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: PRIYA DOLMA TAMANG
#TPQ5: LARISSA SHMAILO
#TPQ5: LARISSA SHMAILO
What will Larissa Shmailo, a poet, novelist, translator, editor, curator, and critic, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: LARISSA SHMAILO
REVIEW: REBOUND, RESTART, RENEW, REBUILD, REJOICE – TIMOTHY OTTE (LITHIC PRESS)
This is the past seen as scenes with edits. This is how family works and doesn’t and how people are more than just reflections of what came before. Continue reading REVIEW: REBOUND, RESTART, RENEW, REBUILD, REJOICE – TIMOTHY OTTE (LITHIC PRESS)
#TPQ5: QUINTIN COLLINS
#TPQ5: QUINTIN COLLINS
What will Quintin Collins, a writer, editor, and Solstice MFA Program Assistant Director, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: QUINTIN COLLINS
#TPQ5: RONNIE K. STEPHENS
#TPQ5: RONNIE K. STEPHENS
What will Ronnie K. Stephens, a poet, novelist, and essayist with five kids and a pregnant wife, include in today’s #TPQ5? FInd out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: RONNIE K. STEPHENS
POWER OF POETRY #72: NOAH C. LEKAS
POWER OF POETRY #72: NOAH C. LEKAS
I wanted unrestrained access to the divine and I wanted to never have to ask permission or apologize for my ambition. Continue reading POWER OF POETRY #72: NOAH C. LEKAS
#TPQ5: ERIC ANDREW NEWMAN
#TPQ5: ERIC ANDREW NEWMAN
What will Eric Andrew Newman, Fiction Editor of Okay Donkey, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: ERIC ANDREW NEWMAN
#TPQ5: JANET M ROGERS
#TPQ5: JANET M ROGERS
What will Janet M Rogers, a Mohawk/Tuscarora, lives on the Six Nations Reserve, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: JANET M ROGERS
REVIEW: ONE THING – THEN ANOTHER – CLAIRE KELLY (ECW PRESS)
Her work explores the sheer vastness of the Canadian landscape with a personal lens; experiences we cannot share are made beautiful and engaging. Continue reading REVIEW: ONE THING – THEN ANOTHER – CLAIRE KELLY (ECW PRESS)
#TPQ5: LAUREN E BRAZEAL
What will Lauren Brazeal, author of Gutter (YesYes Books), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: LAUREN E BRAZEAL
#TPQ: MELISSA SMITH
What will Melissa Alter Smith, creator of the #TeachLivingPoets hashtag, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ: MELISSA SMITH
#TPQ5: JUDE MARR
What will Jude Marr, Director of the Reading-Writing Center and Digital Studio at Florida State University, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: JUDE MARR
#TPQ5: TOM HARDING
What will Tom Harding, Editor of the Northampton Poetry Press, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: TOM HARDING
REVIEW: ODES TO LITHIUM – SHIRA ERLICHMAN (ALICE JAMES BOOKS)
This book is, quite simply, indispensable. My only lament is that it does not fit in my pocket, as it is the kind of collection one wishes to have with them at all times, the sort that reminds one how to live with equal parts grief and grace. Continue reading REVIEW: ODES TO LITHIUM – SHIRA ERLICHMAN (ALICE JAMES BOOKS)
#TPQ5: CAROLINE SHEA
#TPQ5: CAROLINE SHEA
What will Caroline Shea, author of Lambflesh (Kelsay Books, 2019), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: CAROLINE SHEA
#TPQ5: CASSIE DONISH
#TPQ5: CASSIE DONISH
What will Cassie Donish, a queer Jewish poet and writer, author of The Year of the Femme, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: CASSIE DONISH
REVIEW: THE BOOK OF DANIEL – AARON SMITH (UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PRESS)
It’s a headfirst take on being simply yourself in a sardonic world that wants to throw cancer and queer and God’s erect penis at you like they are insults. Continue reading REVIEW: THE BOOK OF DANIEL – AARON SMITH (UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PRESS)
#TPQ5: D.A. GRAY
#TPQ5: D.A. GRAY
What will D.A. Gray, author, Retired soldier and veteran, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: D.A. GRAY
#TPQ5: TJ NEER
#TPQ5: TJ NEER
What will TJ Neer, a bookseller at The Book Loft in Columbus, OH, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: TJ NEER
#TPQ5: JUSTENE DION-GLOWA
#TPQ5: JUSTENE DION-GLOWA
What will Justene Dion-Glowa, a bi Métis poet from BC, Canada, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: JUSTENE DION-GLOWA
#TPQ5: JOHN GUZLOWSKI
What will John Guzlowski, winner of the Benjamin Franklin Poetry Award and the Eric Hoffer/Montaigne Award, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: JOHN GUZLOWSKI
#TPQ5: KEVIN LATIMER
#TPQ5: KEVIN LATIMER
What will Kevin Latimer, a poet & playwright from Cleveland, Ohio, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: KEVIN LATIMER
Review: An Offering, Stewart Sanderson, Tapsalteerie Publishing House
Review: An Offering – Stewart Sanderson (Tapsalteerie Publishing House)
A small, majestic journey is what comes to mind while reading An Offering; the kind you take close to home in the fresh damp of morning’s first light. Continue reading Review: An Offering, Stewart Sanderson, Tapsalteerie Publishing House
#TPQ5: TIGE ASHTON DeCOSTER
#TPQ5: TIGE ASHTON DeCOSTER
What will Tige DeCoster, a poet, professional bassist, music teacher, and recording artist, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: TIGE ASHTON DeCOSTER
#TPQ5: COURTNEY LeBLANC
#TPQ5: COURTNEY LeBLANC
What will Courtney LeBlanc, author of Beautiful & Full of Monsters (Vegetarian Alcoholic Press), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: COURTNEY LeBLANC
#TPQ5: STEVE HENN
#TPQ5: STEVE HENN
What will Steve Henn, author of Indiana Noble Sad Man of the Year, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: STEVE HENN
#TPQ5: KOLLEEN CARNEY HOEPFNER
#TPQ5: KOLLEEN CARNEY HOEPFNER
What will Kolleen Carney Hoepfner, whose main goal in life is to have Alec Baldwin smile at her, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: KOLLEEN CARNEY HOEPFNER
#TPQ5: MARTIN OTT
#TPQ5: MARTIN OTT
What will Martin Ott, author of nine books of poetry and fiction, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: MARTIN OTT
Review: 99 Names of Exile, Kaveh Bassiri (Newfound Poetry)
Review: 99 Names of Exile, Kaveh Bassiri (Newfound Poetry)
This is a work of tender vulnerability, offering a glimpse of deeply personal stories through the abstraction of metaphor. Continue reading Review: 99 Names of Exile, Kaveh Bassiri (Newfound Poetry)
#TPQ5: AMORAK HUEY
#TPQ5: AMORAK HUEY
What will Amorak Huey, author of three books of poetry, most recently Boom Box (Sundress, 2019), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: AMORAK HUEY
#TPQ5: KATIE DARBY MULLINS
#TPQ5: KATIE DARBY MULLINS
What will Katie Darby Mullins, nominated for both the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: KATIE DARBY MULLINS
REVIEW: HELP IN THE DARK SEASON – JACQUELINE SUSKIN (WRITE BLOODY PUBLISHING)
he visceral memories echo Sharon Olds and Rachel McKibbens, taking on a confessional style that does not flinch at trauma but also makes space for complexity of loving one’s parents even as abuse continues. Continue reading REVIEW: HELP IN THE DARK SEASON – JACQUELINE SUSKIN (WRITE BLOODY PUBLISHING)
#TPQ5: SAMANTHA MERZ
#TPQ5: SAMANTHA MERZ
What will Samantha Merz, published by Fevers of the Mind Poetry Digest, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: SAMANTHA MERZ
#TPQ5: MEGAN CRAYNE
#TPQ5: MEGAN CRAYNE
What will Megan Crayne, a writer and graduate student in Book Publishing in Portland, OR, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: MEGAN CRAYNE
#TPQ5: JOSEPH EDWIN HAEGER
#TPQ5: JOSEPH EDWIN HAEGER
What will Joseph Edwin Haeger, author of When I Am a Famous Person (Optography Press), & Learn to Swim (University of Hell Press), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: JOSEPH EDWIN HAEGER
#TPQ5: AMEE NASSRENE BROUMAND
#TPQ5: AMEE NASSRENE BROUMAND
What will Amee Nassrene Broumand, an Iranian-American poet, nominated twice for a Pushcart Prize, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: AMEE NASSRENE BROUMAND
#TPQ5: GILL McEVOY
#TPQ5: GILL McEVOY
What will Gill McEvoy, winner of the 2015 Michael Marks Award, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: GILL McEVOY
REVIEW: BULL – JAMES ROOME (RED CEILING PRESS)
Though a quick read, it’s unique and candid look at this relationship offers quippy anecdotes and humor. Continue reading REVIEW: BULL – JAMES ROOME (RED CEILING PRESS)
#TPQ5: GENIA BLUM
What will Genia Blum, a a Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize nominee, include in today’s #tpq5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: GENIA BLUM
REVIEW: SPACE STRUCK – PAIGE LEWIS (SARABANDE BOOKS)
REVIEW – SPACE STRUCK BY PAIGE LEWIS (SARABANDE BOOKS)
In a year of absolutely gorgeous verse, Paige Lewis sets themselves apart, at once informed by the masters of craft and entirely unique in their own right. This is a collection you won’t want to miss. Continue reading REVIEW: SPACE STRUCK – PAIGE LEWIS (SARABANDE BOOKS)
#TPQ5: HOKIS
#TPQ5: HOKIS
What will Hokis, founder & senior editor of Headline Poetry and a regular contributor for Reclamation Magazine, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: HOKIS
#TPQ5: SARAH WALLIS
#TPQ5: SARAH WALLIS
What will Sarah Wallis, a poet & playwright based in Scotland, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: SARAH WALLIS
#TPQ5: TARA LYNN HAWK
#TPQ5: TARA LYNN HAWK
What will Tara Lynn Hawk, author of Rhetorical Wanderlust, and The Dead, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: TARA LYNN HAWK
REVIEW: CAN I KICK IT? – IDRIS GOODWIN (HAYMARKET BOOKS)
REVIEW: CAN I KICK IT? – IDRIS GOODWIN (HAYMARKET BOOKS): The lines are sometimes swift, sometimes heavy, but there is always a discernible rhythm which propels the reader forward with deliberate, measured pace. Continue reading REVIEW: CAN I KICK IT? – IDRIS GOODWIN (HAYMARKET BOOKS)
REVIEW: EVE AND ALL THE WRONG MEN – AVIYA KUSHNER (DANCING GIRL PRESS)
REVIEW: EVE AND ALL THE WRONG MEN – AVIYA KUSHNER (DANCING GIRL PRESS)
Religions converse along with the characters as works of art come alive, translated into the text by the viewer’s keen eye. Continue reading REVIEW: EVE AND ALL THE WRONG MEN – AVIYA KUSHNER (DANCING GIRL PRESS)
#TPQ5: COLIN BANCROFT
#TPQ5: COLIN BANCROFT
What will Colin Bancroft, winner of the 2016 poets and players prize, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: COLIN BANCROFT
#TPQ5: JILL MCELDOWNY
#TPQ5: JILL MCELDOWNY
What will Jill Mceldowny, author of the Airs Above Ground (Finishing Line Press) and Kisses Over Babylon (dancing girl press), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: JILL MCELDOWNY
#TPQ5: BRIAN S. ELLIS
#TPQ5: BRIAN S. ELLIS
What will Brian S. Ellis, author of Often Go Awry from University of Hell Press, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: BRIAN S. ELLIS
#TPQ5: SCOTT MANLEY HADLEY
#TPQ5: SCOTT MANLEY HADLEY
What will Scott Manley Hadley, Satire Editor at Queen Mob’s Teahouse, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: SCOTT MANLEY HADLEY
#TPQ5: PAOLA FERRANTE
#TPQ5: PAOLA FERRANTE
What will Paola Ferrante, author of What to Wear When Surviving A Lion Attack, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: PAOLA FERRANTE
#TPQ5: MARY HARWELL SAYLER
#TPQ5: MARY HARWELL SAYLER
What will Mary Harwell Sayler, loves writing poetry, prayers, and anything Bible-based, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: MARY HARWELL SAYLER
#TPQ5: EDITOR OF TPQ -CHRIS MARGOLIN
#TPQ5: EDITOR OF TPQ -CHRIS MARGOLIN
What will Chris Margolin, Editor-in-Chief of The Poetry Question, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: EDITOR OF TPQ -CHRIS MARGOLIN
#TPQ5: KEVIN SPENST
#TPQ5: KEVIN SPENST
What will Kevin Spenst, the author of Ignite, and Jabbering with Bing Bong (Anvil Press), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside! Continue reading #TPQ5: KEVIN SPENST