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I am hesitant to include quotes from the book in this review. Not that it is a […]
To say I hate you would imply a world in which I kissed more than your […]
the truth was a mirror the church led me to believe I discovered the impossibility of finding […]
If you are looking for soft, pillow talk love poetry, this is not the collection for you. If […]
“She told me that she bought the ring in San Francisco at an outdoor market. I like […]
“The Bones of Us” is part poetry collection, part graphic novel, and all well done. J Bradley and […]
I am baby-faced – I am baby-boned – I am the miracle of every death around me. […]
From “A Letter From My Well-Adjusted Adult Self (Whenever That Will Be) To My Current Mid-Twenties Self” To […]
My body wants to meet your body in a dark alley and say things in Braille. When […]
We are made and unmade by those we love: expectant white backdrop against which shots are […]
from “Fairy Tale” She was just beginning to get her wings back when she hit a rock and crashed […]
from “Crown” In this photograph, I am a girl child. My thoughts come out in my hands […]
“An awful silence reigned throughout those subterraneous regions,” Just be yourself is not such good advice. In […]
[Facebook] splits at seams : instructions to reduce your look Avoid: just : these : five : food : […]
from Petocha Virginity is $$$ in a vintage velvet pouch Touch her if you can for virginity […]
DISASTER Men kept smiling at you today, but you felt like a disaster. You were an influenza epidemic, […]
See me taxidermied – a prom date after four wine coolers. Ooh la la! Such romance. You see […]
It’s Just So Strange He used to love me, and now he’s just a stranger who happens […]
How does something become magnificent? One regular girl and her canine assistant work together to answer this […]
Confession time. I hate the blank page. As a writer, this poses a bit of a problem. […]
Far away in the Northern Piney Woods there lives a storyteller named Maynard Moose. Every full moon in […]
Lately, I’ve been reading some poetry collections that feel as if they were written solely for the doctoral […]
The summer before Sara Wharton’s senior year was supposed to be filled with friends and parties. Instead, […]
Jesse Parent looks like he would hurt you, and then hug you, and probably sit you down to […]
I was first introduced to Sharon Creech as a student teacher. Her ability to weave together story lines […]
Annelyse Gelman is a woman I’d love to get to know over a glass or, let’s be honest, a […]
When I showed Hieu Nguyen’s “Buffet Etiquette” to my high school juniors, one of my students stood up, […]
Let’s get real for a moment: we have all had dark thoughts. Sometimes those dark thoughts overtake us […]
I met Ross Robbins in Portland, Oregon at Powell’s Books. We were both sifting through the shelves […]
Enchanting. Honest. Humble. Uplifting. Delightful. Courageous. Finding just one word to encapsulate that which Sarah Kay brings to […]
I’ve seen Robert Duncan Gray in his underwear, screaming poetry from the top of his lungs, and […]
Leah Noble Davidson tells you exactly what she wants you to hear. It’s stark. It’s creative. In […]
Review by Courtney Myers As I looked at piles of chapbooks spread across the coffee table, […]
Living just over the bridge from Portland, Oregon, I’ve had the esteemed pleasure of watching Alex Dang […]