Book Reviews

Charlotte Pence Earthly Meditations: New and Selected Poemsby Robert WrigleyPenguin2006$20.00 The poet inclined to write about the family dog had…

Nick Ripatrazone William Wright: Night Field Anecdoteby Williiam WrightLouisiana Literature Press201114.95 William Wright’s other recent release, Bledsoe, is an extended narrative…

Carrie Meadows February was Black History Month, a fact that seemed to go largely unnoticed by folks in the news…

Phebe Davidson The chapbook occupies an interesting place in American Poetry these days. It used to be the first refuge…

Haines Eason Off the Fire Roadby Greg WrennGreen Tower Press2008$7.00 Poet Greg Wrenn is classically attuned, but not in any…

Anna Ziegler It is no mistake that Terence Winch’s latest collection, Boy Drinkers, begins with a poem entitled “Comfort.” These lovely,…

John Poch Many readers may see Christian Wiman’s new poems only through the lens of death and dying once they know…

John Poch Phoenix Rising: The Next Generation of American Formal Poetsby Ed., Sonny WilliamsTextos Books2004$20 The folks who say you…

Abigail Licad Richard Wilbur seems an anomaly in today’s largely postmodern, elliptical, elegiac, multicultural poetical climate. His fidelity to structured…

Karla Huston The Blue Dressby Alison TownsendWhite Pine Press2000$14.95 The dilemma with this book is that every time I start…