Book Reviews

John Poch Remember that scene from The Jerk where Steve Martin’s character is bankrupt and forced to leave his plush California estate?…

Barbara Crooker One of the things I’ve been observing recently is that poets no longer seem to be constrained by…

Karla Huston Thomas Eakins, a native of 19th Century Philadelphia and fairly true to his city (he studied abroad only…

Michele Balze Ballistics: Poemsby Billy CollinsRandom House201015 The dirty little secret about Billy Collins’ poetry is it is hilarious.  I…

Todd Davis Chanting the names of friends long past, of landscapes and the living things that sustain them, Patricia Clark…

Ryan Guth All of us, after a certain age – poets included – feel the need to take a backward…

Joshua Mensch Reading Give Over, Graymalkin, Gaylord Brewer’s eighth collection of poetry, one has the sense of being led into another…

Frances Mac How do we survive trauma? In times of crisis, from where do we pull strength and build hope?…

Joyce S. Brown Robert Bly’s latest collection of poetry, The Night Abraham Called to the Stars, is the work of an…

Reviewed by Micah Mattix Lovely, Rasberryby Aaron BelzPersea Books, New York2010 The Comedic Effect A number of poets and critics,…