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Karla Huston Thomas Eakins, a native of 19th Century Philadelphia and fairly true to his city (he studied abroad only briefly) is considered to be one of America’s greatest painters.…

Michele Balze Ballistics: Poemsby Billy CollinsRandom House201015 The dirty little secret about Billy Collins’ poetry is it is hilarious.  I have always found his poetry amusing, but in person, the…

Todd Davis Chanting the names of friends long past, of landscapes and the living things that sustain them, Patricia Clark weaves a hypnotic web of verse that does exactly what…

Ryan Guth All of us, after a certain age – poets included – feel the need to take a backward glance, to rummage around in our own utterly unique collection…

Joshua Mensch Reading Give Over, Graymalkin, Gaylord Brewer’s eighth collection of poetry, one has the sense of being led into another life. The narrator’s voice feels so familiar, that you might…

Frances Mac How do we survive trauma? In times of crisis, from where do we pull strength and build hope? Dan Brady explores these questions in his first full-length collection,…

Joyce S. Brown Robert Bly’s latest collection of poetry, The Night Abraham Called to the Stars, is the work of an experienced poet, author of over 20 books: poetry, essays, translations.…

Reviewed by Micah Mattix Lovely, Rasberryby Aaron BelzPersea Books, New York2010 The Comedic Effect A number of poets and critics, including Stephen Burt and Tony Hoagland, have recently sounded the…

Matthew Buckley Smith Not every hour calls for a poem, not every sensation, every mood. Some want only a walk in the cold, or a bourbon, or another hour’s sleep.…

Marianne Cotugno On its cover, Robin Becker’s sixth collection features images of postage stamps for imagined countries created by Donald Evans (1945-1977), the American artist who died in a fire…

Catherine Bull In terms of both the geography and the straightforward diction in which his work is rooted, Jeffrey Bean is a very middle-of-the-U.S. poet—Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio—with a style…

Maryann Corbett Pleasures of the Game is Austin Allen’s debut collection and the eleventh winner of the Anthony Hecht Prize, in the annual contest run by The Waywiser Press. Its title…