• INDIE

    The Couple Who Fell To Earth

    MAY 1, 2016

The Couple Who Fell To Earth

by Michelle Bitting

With this poetry collection, the author firmly establishes herself as a powerful contemporary voice in American letters. Full review >

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  • INDIE

    The Widow's House

    OCT. 19, 2015

The Widow's House

by Sharon Chmielarz

Spare, powerful, well-calibrated poems that perceptively anatomize grief. Full review >

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  • INDIE

    Songs of Bernie Bjørn

Songs of Bernie Bjørn

by Diane Elliott

These songs of the ardent title character sing like wildfire; readers should be singed and ravished by her burning. Full review >

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  • INDIE

    Where Do Things Go?

    JAN. 11, 2016

Where Do Things Go?

by Marcy Heidish

Poems full of linguistic delights and keen emotion. Full review >

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  • INDIE

    Riding Long Rails

    JAN. 15, 2015

Riding Long Rails

by Tim Newcomb

Provocative verse set to the rhythm of the tracks. Full review >

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  • INDIE

    Infinity Minus One

    JUNE 24, 2016

Infinity Minus One

by John R. Snyder

A delightful compilation by a poet who has much to offer. Full review >

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  • NONFICTION

    Blood Transparencies

    JUNE 30, 2016

BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

Blood Transparencies

by Randy White

Well-crafted verses with strong images and good storytelling. Full review >

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  • INDIE

    The Hole Story of Kirby the Sneak and Arlo the True

    JAN. 29, 2016

The Hole Story of Kirby the Sneak and Arlo the True

by Greg Williamson illustrated by Brian Bowes

Brilliantly comic, pleasingly discursive, admirably dexterous, this narrative poem is a tour de force. Full review >

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  • INDIE

    The Success of Failure

The Success of Failure

by Steve Wilson photographed by Steve Wilson

A moving pictorial study of the meaning of home and an implicit critique of society’s conception of the good life. Full review >

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