Unwinding Underground: A Review of Fiona Sze-Lorrain’s Rain in Plural
byRain in Plural by Fiona Sze-Lorrain. Princeton University Press, 2020. 105 pages. $17.95. The multiple layers and the angles of Fiona Sze-Lorrain’s fourth collection…
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Unsettling the West: a Review of Joanna Pocock’s Surrender: The Call of the American West
byJoanna Pocock’s eco-memoir Surrender opens with rhythm, specifically the rhythm of the human lifecycle: mundane repetitions leading to ennui, and the dreaded advent of…
Wild Hope and the Wilderness of Lent
bySeveral years ago, I came upon Sandra Critelli’s stunning photograph of migrating cownose stingrays appearing as an intricate pattern of yellow, tan, and green…
A Gift on Offer to Us All: A Review of World of Wonders
byIt is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, and we are inside a moment of grand disconnection. Even if it were not for the pandemic,…
What Survives: A Review of Jorie Graham’s Runaway
byJorie Graham hears a buzzing we can’t. At the UK launch for her newest collection of poetry, Runaway, the poet walks out of the…
Troubled Cord, Shifted Frequencies: A Review of The Tilt Torn Away from the Seasons
byIt is impossible to read Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers’ The Tilt Torn Away from the Seasons at this time without thinking directly of the multiple…
When the Taking Is Holy: A Review of Hannah Larrabee’s Wonder Tissue
byWonder Tissue is Hannah Larrabee’s debut poetry collection, and the winner of the Airlie Prize. The book is organized into two hemispheres of the…
(a turning of the wheel): A Review of Ensō by Shin Yu Pai
byWhen Ensō came in the mail, I was surprised with how big a book it was— at 8×11”, it’s nearly the same size as…
Longing That Borders on Faith: A Review of Wilderness//Kingdom
byWhen I recall my adolescent years, I most frequently encounter a sense of shame and regret. Unable to find my longing reflected in others…
A Shared Language of Loss and Grace: A Review of In the Field Between Us
byMolly McCully Brown and Susannah Nevison sing through the pages of In the Field Between Us. In poems that read like letters (opening “Dear…