Life is built on how we deal with our trauma, and Alexus Erin reminds us that it will actually be okay. That we can thrive in a world where survival might be the only option. Continue reading REVIEW: ST. JOHN’S WORT – ALEXUS ERIN (ANIMAL HEART PRESS)
Too many people are Goodwill books – spines taped together, hoping for enough threads to keep them in place. Too many wear covers by which they are judged. Too many are discarded without being read. Continue reading REVIEW: HIJITO – CARLOS ANDRÉS GÓMEZ (PLATYPUS PRESS)
These poems take the reader through generations and geographies a lens that feels deeply personal; the reader becomes a fly on the walls as these families are presented and personified. Continue reading REVIEW: THE PROTECTION OF GHOSTS – NATALIE LINH BOLDERSTON (V. PRESS)
Deglane successfully submerges us into the mind of a person troubled by depression, anxiety, trauma, and a Lexapro-fogged brain with an overarching story of hope. Continue reading REVIEW: LADY SATURN – WANDA DEGLANE (RHYTHM & BONES)
